Information about #A97C42 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#A97C42 falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(169, 124, 66) — 66.3% red, 48.6% green, 25.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 18 / 40 / 34. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #A97C42 reads as a confidently colored orange and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bronze Ii (#A67D3D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Roasted Orange (#A67747) and Moderate Orange (#A8794A).

In RGB terms — rgb(169, 124, 66) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A97C42: 5.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A97C42 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A97C42 color variations

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

#A97C42 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#A97C42 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#A97C42 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#A97C42 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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#A97C42 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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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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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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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 #A97C42

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

Bronze Ii color link
Bronze Ii

#A67D3D

Roasted Orange color link
Roasted Orange

#A67747

Moderate Orange color link
Moderate Orange

#A8794A

Metallic Bronze color link
Metallic Bronze

#A97142

Durian color link
Durian

#B07939

Antique Copper color link
Antique Copper

#A77146

Moderate Gamboge color link
Moderate Gamboge

#A8854A

Intrepid color link
Intrepid

#AB8439

Bungy color link
Bungy

#AC713C

Pendragon color link
Pendragon

#B2723E

Brown Beige color link
Brown Beige

#AB814F

Clay Brown color link
Clay Brown

#B2713D

#A97C42 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A97C42
  • RGB169, 124, 66
  • CMYK0, 18, 40, 34
  • CSSrgb(169, 124, 66)
  • HSL34°, 44%, 46%
  • HSL Precise33.786°, 43.83%, 46.078%
  • HSV34°, 61%, 66%
  • HSB34°, 61%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.486
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.486, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.486, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.486, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB48.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDA97C42
  • DECIMAL ID11107394
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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