Information about #AA6246 color

#AA6246 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AA6246 falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(170, 98, 70) — 66.7% red, 38.4% green, 27.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 28 / 39 / 33. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #AA6246 reads as a pleasantly vivid warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Moderate Vermilion (#A8614A). Slightly further away sit Rhapsody (#AD603C) and Spicy Red Brown (#B35C44).

The recipe behind #AA6246 is rgb(170, 98, 70), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 4.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.5:1. #AA6246 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#AA6246 color variations

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

#AA6246 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 #AA6246

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

Rhapsody color link
Rhapsody

#AD603C

Earth color link
Earth

#A2653E

Claypot color link
Claypot

#AB6950

Crail color link
Crail

#A65648

Sante Fe color link
Sante Fe

#A96A50

Brown Rust color link
Brown Rust

#AF593E

Footloose color link
Footloose

#A4613A

Alfisol Red color link
Alfisol Red

#AA554A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AA6246
  • RGB170, 98, 70
  • CMYK0, 28, 39, 33
  • CSSrgb(170, 98, 70)
  • HSL17°, 42%, 47%
  • HSL Precise16.8°, 41.667%, 47.059%
  • HSV17°, 59%, 67%
  • HSB17°, 59%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.384
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.275
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.384, 0.275)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.384, 0.275, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.384, 0.275)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB38.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB27.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAA6246
  • DECIMAL ID11166278
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01