Information about #C68C06 color

#C68C06 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C68C06 falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(198, 140, 6) — 77.6% red, 54.9% green, 2.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 23 / 75 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #C68C06 reads as a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 Egypt Gold (#C09300). Slightly further away sit Vivid Amber (#CC9900) and Dark Goldenrod (#B8860B).

In RGB terms — rgb(198, 140, 6) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C68C06 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C68C06 color variations

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

#C68C06 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#C68C06 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#C68C06 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#C68C06 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#C53F06

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#C50619

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#C68C06 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
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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
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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
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#C62C06
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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
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#06C68C
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#8C06C6
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#C606A0
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Nearest named colors to #C68C06

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

Egypt Gold color link
Egypt Gold

#C09300

Vivid Amber color link
Vivid Amber

#CC9900

Dark Goldenrod color link
Dark Goldenrod

#B8860B

Ocre color link
Ocre

#C69C04

Desert Yellow color link
Desert Yellow

#CA8D16

Cinnamon color link
Cinnamon

#C58917

High Noon color link
High Noon

#BC7F0C

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Yellow Ochre color link
Yellow Ochre

#CB9D06

Yellow Brown color link
Yellow Brown

#B79400

Mustard Brown color link
Mustard Brown

#CD7A00

Harvest Gold color link
Harvest Gold

#DA9100

#C68C06 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C68C06
  • RGB198, 140, 6
  • CMYK0, 23, 75, 22
  • CSSrgb(198, 140, 6)
  • HSL42°, 94%, 40%
  • HSL Precise41.875°, 94.118%, 40%
  • HSV42°, 97%, 78%
  • HSB42°, 97%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.024
  • GLSLvec3(0.776, 0.549, 0.024)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.776, 0.549, 0.024, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.776, 0.549, 0.024)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB2.4%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC68C06
  • DECIMAL ID13011974
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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