Information about #AD722E color

#AD722E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AD722E falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 114, 46) — 67.8% red, 44.7% green, 18% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 23 / 50 / 32. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #AD722E reads as a confidently colored orange and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from High Five (#B26F2C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Leather (#AC7434) and Hot Toddy (#A7752C).

In RGB terms — rgb(173, 114, 46) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AD722E: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.0:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AD722E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AD722E color variations

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

#AD722E 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 #AD722E

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

High Five color link
High Five

#B26F2C

Leather color link
Leather

#AC7434

Hot Toddy color link
Hot Toddy

#A7752C

Reno Sand color link
Reno Sand

#B26E33

Mandalay color link
Mandalay

#B57B2E

Copper color link
Copper

#B87333

Dark Gold color link
Dark Gold

#AA6C39

Durian color link
Durian

#B07939

Bungy color link
Bungy

#AC713C

Meteor color link
Meteor

#BB7431

Pirate Gold color link
Pirate Gold

#BA782A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AD722E
  • RGB173, 114, 46
  • CMYK0, 23, 50, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 114, 46)
  • HSL32°, 58%, 43%
  • HSL Precise32.126°, 57.991%, 42.941%
  • HSV32°, 73%, 68%
  • HSB32°, 73%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.447
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.180
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.447, 0.180)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.447, 0.180, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.447, 0.180)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB44.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB18%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAD722E
  • DECIMAL ID11366958
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers34 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01