Information about #A86021 color

#A86021 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A86021 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(168, 96, 33) — 65.9% red, 37.6% green, 12.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 28 / 53 / 34. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#A86021 presents itself as a energetic, saturated orange — one that holds a balanced mid-tone. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Heartwood (#A6602F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dirty Brown (#B5651E) and Light Brown (#B5651D).

In RGB terms — rgb(168, 96, 33) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #A86021: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A86021 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A86021 color variations

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

#A86021 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #A86021

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

Heartwood color link
Heartwood

#A6602F

Dirty Brown color link
Dirty Brown

#B5651E

Light Brown color link
Light Brown

#B5651D

Omega color link
Omega

#B56519

Rich Gold color link
Rich Gold

#A15226

Hazard color link
Hazard

#A3532A

Mai Tai color link
Mai Tai

#A56531

Vindaloo color link
Vindaloo

#A74F20

Clove Dyed color link
Clove Dyed

#A96232

Fiery Orange color link
Fiery Orange

#B1592F

Ochre Brown color link
Ochre Brown

#99632B

Loquat Brown color link
Loquat Brown

#AB6134

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A86021
  • RGB168, 96, 33
  • CMYK0, 28, 53, 34
  • CSSrgb(168, 96, 33)
  • HSL28°, 67%, 39%
  • HSL Precise28°, 67.164%, 39.412%
  • HSV28°, 80%, 66%
  • HSB28°, 80%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.376
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.376, 0.129)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.376, 0.129, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.376, 0.129)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB37.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA86021
  • DECIMAL ID11034657
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01