Information about #AB8373 color

#AB8373 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AB8373 falls into the Orange Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(171, 131, 115) — 67.1% red, 51.4% green, 45.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 16 / 22 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AB8373 reads as a gently muted warm 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 near neighbor of Mongoose (#A58B6F). Slightly further away sit Grayish Vermilion (#A8887D) and Pharlap (#A3807B).

The recipe behind #AB8373 is rgb(171, 131, 115), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AB8373: 6.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for white. No one has named #AB8373 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#AB8373 color variations

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

#AB8373 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 #AB8373

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AB8373
  • RGB171, 131, 115
  • CMYK0, 16, 22, 33
  • CSSrgb(171, 131, 115)
  • HSL17°, 25%, 56%
  • HSL Precise17.143°, 25%, 56.078%
  • HSV17°, 33%, 67%
  • HSB17°, 33%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.514
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • GLSLvec3(0.671, 0.514, 0.451)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.671, 0.514, 0.451, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.671, 0.514, 0.451)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB51.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAB8373
  • DECIMAL ID11240307
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01