Information about #A96223 color

#A96223 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A96223 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(169, 98, 35) — 66.3% red, 38.4% green, 13.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 28 / 53 / 34. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #A96223 reads as a strongly colored warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Heartwood (#A6602F). Slightly further away sit Dirty Brown (#B5651E) and Light Brown (#B5651D).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(169, 98, 35)), which gives #A96223 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 4.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A96223 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A96223 color variations

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

#A96223 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 #A96223

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

Mai Tai color link
Mai Tai

#A56531

Clove Dyed color link
Clove Dyed

#A96232

Omega color link
Omega

#B56519

Fiery Orange color link
Fiery Orange

#B1592F

Loquat Brown color link
Loquat Brown

#AB6134

Hazard color link
Hazard

#A3532A

Ochre Brown color link
Ochre Brown

#99632B

Rich Gold color link
Rich Gold

#A15226

High Five color link
High Five

#B26F2C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A96223
  • RGB169, 98, 35
  • CMYK0, 28, 53, 34
  • CSSrgb(169, 98, 35)
  • HSL28°, 66%, 40%
  • HSL Precise28.209°, 65.686%, 40%
  • HSV28°, 79%, 66%
  • HSB28°, 79%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.384
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.137
  • GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.384, 0.137)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.384, 0.137, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.384, 0.137)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB38.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB13.7%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDA96223
  • DECIMAL ID11100707
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01