Information about #AA9E82 color

#AA9E82 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AA9E82 falls into the Orange Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(170, 158, 130) — 66.7% red, 62% green, 51% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 5 / 16 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AA9E82 reads as a calm, restrained amber-leaning orange and feels open and friendly. 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 Hillary (#A7A07E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Grayish Amber (#A89E7D) and Grullo (#A99A86).

In RGB terms — rgb(170, 158, 130) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AA9E82: 7.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AA9E82 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AA9E82 color variations

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

#AA9E82 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 #AA9E82

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

Hillary color link
Hillary

#A7A07E

Grullo color link
Grullo

#A99A86

Routeburn color link
Routeburn

#A59982

Bronco color link
Bronco

#A79781

Malta color link
Malta

#A59784

Triple Tea color link
Triple Tea

#AA9F8B

Stone color link
Stone

#ADA587

Raincloud color link
Raincloud

#A39881

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AA9E82
  • RGB170, 158, 130
  • CMYK0, 5, 16, 33
  • CSSrgb(170, 158, 130)
  • HSL42°, 19%, 59%
  • HSL Precise42°, 19.048%, 58.824%
  • HSV42°, 24%, 67%
  • HSB42°, 24%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.620
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.510
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.620, 0.510)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.620, 0.510, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.620, 0.510)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB51%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAA9E82
  • DECIMAL ID11181698
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01