Information about #A8948A color
Basic facts about this digital color
#A8948A is a calm, restrained orange that floats near the light end of the scale. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Effervescent (#A8988E). Nearby in the Register you will also find Zorba (#A29589) and Grullo (#A99A86).
In RGB terms — rgb(168, 148, 138) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. No one has named #A8948A so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#A8948A color variations
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#A8948A color tints
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#A8948A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A8948A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A8948A color hues
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#A8948A 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 #A8948A color
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Nearest named colors to #A8948A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A8988E
#A29589
#A99A86
#A59784
#A59591
#A1988B
#A49591
#A39A87
#A59692
#A29A8E
#A0998A
#A19986
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A8948A
- RGB168, 148, 138
- CMYK0, 8, 12, 34
- CSSrgb(168, 148, 138)
- HSL20°, 15%, 60%
- HSL Precise20°, 14.706%, 60%
- HSV20°, 18%, 66%
- HSB20°, 18%, 66%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.580
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.541
- GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.580, 0.541)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.580, 0.541, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.580, 0.541)
- Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB58%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB54.1%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA8948A
- DECIMAL ID11048074
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers327 times
- Counting from2025-01-01



