Information about #AD9A80 color

#AD9A80 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AD9A80 falls into the Orange Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 154, 128) — 67.8% red, 60.4% green, 50.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 18 / 32. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #AD9A80 reads as a calm, restrained amber-leaning 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 Neutral Beige (#AE9882). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Double Drought (#AC987D) and Bronco (#A79781).

In RGB terms — rgb(173, 154, 128) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AD9A80: 7.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AD9A80 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AD9A80 color variations

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

#AD9A80 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 #AD9A80

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

Bronco color link
Bronco

#A79781

Grullo color link
Grullo

#A99A86

Sandrift color link
Sandrift

#AF937D

Routeburn color link
Routeburn

#A59982

Hillary color link
Hillary

#A7A07E

Malta color link
Malta

#A59784

Double Joss color link
Double Joss

#A69380

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AD9A80
  • RGB173, 154, 128
  • CMYK0, 7, 18, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 154, 128)
  • HSL35°, 22%, 59%
  • HSL Precise34.667°, 21.531%, 59.02%
  • HSV35°, 26%, 68%
  • HSB35°, 26%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.604
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.604, 0.502)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.604, 0.502, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.604, 0.502)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAD9A80
  • DECIMAL ID11377280
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01