Information about #A98C47 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#A98C47 is a clearly saturated amber-leaning orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Moderate Amber (#A8914A). Slightly further away sit Moderate Gamboge (#A8854A) and Luxor Gold (#AB8D3F).
In RGB terms — rgb(169, 140, 71) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A98C47: 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.
#A98C47 color variations
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#A98C47 color tints
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#A98C47 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A98C47 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A98C47 color hues
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#A98C47 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 #A98C47 color
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Nearest named colors to #A98C47
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A8914A
#A8854A
#AB8D3F
#B38D42
#A9844F
#AB8953
#AD8A3B
#B0903D
#AB814F
#9C8A4D
#B78B4B
#AB8439
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A98C47
- RGB169, 140, 71
- CMYK0, 11, 38, 34
- CSSrgb(169, 140, 71)
- HSL42°, 41%, 47%
- HSL Precise42.245°, 40.833%, 47.059%
- HSV42°, 58%, 66%
- HSB42°, 58%, 66%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.278
- GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.549, 0.278)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.549, 0.278, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.549, 0.278)
- Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB27.8%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDA98C47
- DECIMAL ID11111495
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01



