Information about #A98C36 color

#A98C36 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A98C36 falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(169, 140, 54) — 66.3% red, 54.9% green, 21.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 11 / 45 / 34. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #A98C36 reads as a clearly saturated amber-leaning orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Reef Gold (#A98D36). Slightly further away sit Pale Fallen Leaves (#AA8736) and Alpine (#AD8A3B).

The recipe behind #A98C36 is rgb(169, 140, 54), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A98C36: 6.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.2:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#A98C36 color variations

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

#A98C36 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#A98C36 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#A98C36 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#A98C36 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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#A98C36 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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#5336AB
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#368DAB
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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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#53AB36
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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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#AB368D
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Nearest named colors to #A98C36

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

Reef Gold color link
Reef Gold

#A98D36

Pale Fallen Leaves color link
Pale Fallen Leaves

#AA8736

Alpine color link
Alpine

#AD8A3B

Intrepid color link
Intrepid

#AB8439

Luxor Gold color link
Luxor Gold

#AB8D3F

Antique Gold color link
Antique Gold

#B0903D

Frizzell color link
Frizzell

#AD812F

Classius color link
Classius

#B38D42

Bronze Ii color link
Bronze Ii

#A67D3D

Jewelled Yellow color link
Jewelled Yellow

#9A883E

Jandal color link
Jandal

#B78239

Hokey Pokey color link
Hokey Pokey

#BB8E34

#A98C36 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A98C36
  • RGB169, 140, 54
  • CMYK0, 11, 45, 34
  • CSSrgb(169, 140, 54)
  • HSL45°, 52%, 44%
  • HSL Precise44.87°, 51.57%, 43.725%
  • HSV45°, 68%, 66%
  • HSB45°, 68%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.212
  • GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.549, 0.212)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.549, 0.212, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.549, 0.212)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB21.2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDA98C36
  • DECIMAL ID11111478
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers25 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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