Information about #AC5911 color

#AC5911 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AC5911 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(172, 89, 17) — 67.5% red, 34.9% green, 6.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 33 / 61 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AC5911 reads as a energetic, saturated orange and sits comfortably between light and dark. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Pumpkin Skin (#B1610B). Nearby in the Register you will also find Windsor Tan (#A75502) and Orangish Brown (#B25F03).

In RGB terms — rgb(172, 89, 17) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.2:1. No one has named #AC5911 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#AC5911 color variations

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

#AC5911 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 #AC5911

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

Pumpkin Skin color link
Pumpkin Skin

#B1610B

Windsor Tan color link
Windsor Tan

#A75502

Omega color link
Omega

#B56519

Vindaloo color link
Vindaloo

#A74F20

Burnt Siena color link
Burnt Siena

#B75203

Light Brown color link
Light Brown

#B5651D

Dirty Brown color link
Dirty Brown

#B5651E

Ginger color link
Ginger

#B06500

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AC5911
  • RGB172, 89, 17
  • CMYK0, 33, 61, 33
  • CSSrgb(172, 89, 17)
  • HSL28°, 82%, 37%
  • HSL Precise27.871°, 82.011%, 37.059%
  • HSV28°, 90%, 67%
  • HSB28°, 90%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.067
  • GLSLvec3(0.675, 0.349, 0.067)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.675, 0.349, 0.067, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.675, 0.349, 0.067)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB6.7%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDAC5911
  • DECIMAL ID11294993
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01