Information about #A97E42 color

#A97E42 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A97E42 falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(169, 126, 66) — 66.3% red, 49.4% green, 25.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 17 / 40 / 34. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated warm orange, #A97E42 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Bronze Ii (#A67D3D). Slightly further away sit Roasted Orange (#A67747) and Moderate Orange (#A8794A).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(169, 126, 66)), which gives #A97E42 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 5.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A97E42 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A97E42 color variations

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

#A97E42 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 #A97E42

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

Intrepid color link
Intrepid

#AB8439

Durian color link
Durian

#B07939

Brown Beige color link
Brown Beige

#AB814F

Muddy Waters color link
Muddy Waters

#A9844F

Alpine color link
Alpine

#AD8A3B

Bungy color link
Bungy

#AC713C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A97E42
  • RGB169, 126, 66
  • CMYK0, 17, 40, 34
  • CSSrgb(169, 126, 66)
  • HSL35°, 44%, 46%
  • HSL Precise34.951°, 43.83%, 46.078%
  • HSV35°, 61%, 66%
  • HSB35°, 61%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.494, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.494, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.494, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB49.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDA97E42
  • DECIMAL ID11107906
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01