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Information about #C66321 color

#C66321 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C66321 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(198, 99, 33) — 77.6% red, 38.8% green, 12.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 39 / 65 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#C66321 is a strongly colored warm orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Ruddy Brown (#BB6528). Slightly further away sit Chocolate (#D2691E) and Christine (#BF652E).

The recipe behind #C66321 is rgb(198, 99, 33), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C66321 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C66321 color variations

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

#C66321 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 #C66321

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

Ruddy Brown color link
Ruddy Brown

#BB6528

Chocolate color link
Chocolate

#D2691E

Christine color link
Christine

#BF652E

Red Fox color link
Red Fox

#C35817

Alloy Orange color link
Alloy Orange

#C46210

Dirty Brown color link
Dirty Brown

#B5651E

Light Brown color link
Light Brown

#B5651D

Omega color link
Omega

#B56519

Ochre color link
Ochre

#CC7722

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C66321
  • RGB198, 99, 33
  • CMYK0, 39, 65, 22
  • CSSrgb(198, 99, 33)
  • HSL24°, 71%, 45%
  • HSL Precise24°, 71.429%, 45.294%
  • HSV24°, 83%, 78%
  • HSB24°, 83%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.388
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • GLSLvec3(0.776, 0.388, 0.129)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.776, 0.388, 0.129, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.776, 0.388, 0.129)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB38.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC66321
  • DECIMAL ID13001505
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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