Information about #AA8A5E color
Basic facts about this digital color
#AA8A5E presents itself as a softly balanced orange — one that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Golden Quartz Ochre (#AA8A58). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dark Sand (#A88F59) and Sanctuary (#A68459).
In RGB terms — rgb(170, 138, 94) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #AA8A5E background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.5:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.2:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#AA8A5E color variations
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#AA8A5E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AA8A5E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AA8A5E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AA8A5E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AA8A5E 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 #AA8A5E color
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Nearest named colors to #AA8A5E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#AA8A58
#A88F59
#A68459
#B38B5E
#A28A64
#AC9362
#A38F58
#AB8953
#A68064
#9F8460
#AB8E6B
#A3876A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AA8A5E
- RGB170, 138, 94
- CMYK0, 13, 30, 33
- CSSrgb(170, 138, 94)
- HSL35°, 31%, 52%
- HSL Precise34.737°, 30.894%, 51.765%
- HSV35°, 45%, 67%
- HSB35°, 45%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.541
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.369
- GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.541, 0.369)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.541, 0.369, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.541, 0.369)
- Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB36.9%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDAA8A5E
- DECIMAL ID11176542
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
