Information about #A66D17 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#A66D17 presents itself as a strongly colored warm orange — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Rapeseed Oil (#A17917). Slightly further away sit Zion (#AC7911) and Golden Brown (#996515).
The recipe behind #A66D17 is rgb(166, 109, 23), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A66D17: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#A66D17 color variations
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#A66D17 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A66D17 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A66D17 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A66D17 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A66D17 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A66D17 color
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Nearest named colors to #A66D17
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A17917
#AC7911
#996515
#967117
#B56519
#B5651D
#B5651E
#A47D0E
#B1610B
#AC7D0C
#A48111
#A7752C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A66D17
- RGB166, 109, 23
- CMYK0, 22, 56, 35
- CSSrgb(166, 109, 23)
- HSL36°, 76%, 37%
- HSL Precise36.084°, 75.661%, 37.059%
- HSV36°, 86%, 65%
- HSB36°, 86%, 65%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.651
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.427
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.090
- GLSLvec3(0.651, 0.427, 0.090)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.651, 0.427, 0.090, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.651, 0.427, 0.090)
- Percentage of Red in RGB65.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB42.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB9%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX IDA66D17
- DECIMAL ID10906903
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
