Information about #A68C17 color

#A68C17 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A68C17 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(166, 140, 23) — 65.1% red, 54.9% green, 9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 10 / 56 / 35. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#A68C17 is a vivid, lively sunny yellow that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Luxury Gold (#A48111). Slightly further away sit Vintage Gold (#A28B23) and Yellowy Brown (#AE8B0C).

The recipe behind #A68C17 is rgb(166, 140, 23), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A68C17: 6.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for white. No one has named #A68C17 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#A68C17 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A68C17 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#A68C17 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#A68C17 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#A68C17 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#A68C17 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#1779A6
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#17A68C
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#8C17A6
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#31A617
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#8C17A6
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #A68C17

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Luxury Gold color link
Luxury Gold

#A48111

Vintage Gold color link
Vintage Gold

#A28B23

Yellowy Brown color link
Yellowy Brown

#AE8B0C

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Dark Yellow color link
Dark Yellow

#9B870C

Golden Curry color link
Golden Curry

#A47D0E

Hacienda color link
Hacienda

#9E8022

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Alibi color link
Alibi

#988422

Dark Golden Yellow color link
Dark Golden Yellow

#AC7D0C

Rapeseed Oil color link
Rapeseed Oil

#A17917

#A68C17 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A68C17
  • RGB166, 140, 23
  • CMYK0, 10, 56, 35
  • CSSrgb(166, 140, 23)
  • HSL49°, 76%, 37%
  • HSL Precise49.091°, 75.661%, 37.059%
  • HSV49°, 86%, 65%
  • HSB49°, 86%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.651
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • GLSLvec3(0.651, 0.549, 0.090)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.651, 0.549, 0.090, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.651, 0.549, 0.090)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA68C17
  • DECIMAL ID10914839
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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