Information about #C47527 color

#C47527 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C47527 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(196, 117, 39) — 76.9% red, 45.9% green, 15.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 31 / 62 / 23. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#C47527 is a strongly colored amber-leaning orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Gold Ochre (#C77826). Slightly further away sit Brownish Orange (#CB7723) and Ochre (#CC7722).

In RGB terms — rgb(196, 117, 39) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C47527 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C47527 color variations

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

#C47527 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 #C47527

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

Gold Ochre color link
Gold Ochre

#C77826

Ochre color link
Ochre

#CC7722

Pirate Gold color link
Pirate Gold

#BA782A

Fiesta color link
Fiesta

#BD7E2D

Meteor color link
Meteor

#BB7431

Gold Brown color link
Gold Brown

#CB7E1F

Rich Bronze color link
Rich Bronze

#C77D1C

Geebung color link
Geebung

#C5832E

Copper color link
Copper

#B87333

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C47527
  • RGB196, 117, 39
  • CMYK0, 31, 62, 23
  • CSSrgb(196, 117, 39)
  • HSL30°, 67%, 46%
  • HSL Precise29.809°, 66.809%, 46.078%
  • HSV30°, 80%, 77%
  • HSB30°, 80%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.459
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.153
  • GLSLvec3(0.769, 0.459, 0.153)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.769, 0.459, 0.153, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.769, 0.459, 0.153)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB76.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB15.3%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC47527
  • DECIMAL ID12875047
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers7 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01