Information about #C68E15 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #C68E15 belongs to the Orange Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(198, 142, 21) — 77.6% red, 55.7% green, 8.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 22 / 69 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#C68E15 is a strongly colored amber-leaning orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Desert Yellow (#CA8D16). Slightly further away sit Cinnamon (#C58917) and Gold Foil (#BD9B16).

The recipe behind #C68E15 is rgb(198, 142, 21), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C68E15: 7.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#C68E15 color variations

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

#C68E15 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#C68E15 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#C68E15 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#C68E15 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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#C68E15 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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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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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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Nearest named colors to #C68E15

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

Desert Yellow color link
Desert Yellow

#CA8D16

Cinnamon color link
Cinnamon

#C58917

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Rich Bronze color link
Rich Bronze

#C77D1C

Dark Goldenrod color link
Dark Goldenrod

#B8860B

Gold Brown color link
Gold Brown

#CB7E1F

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

High Noon color link
High Noon

#BC7F0C

Lemon Curry color link
Lemon Curry

#CCA01D

Cool Copper color link
Cool Copper

#D98719

#C68E15 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C68E15
  • RGB198, 142, 21
  • CMYK0, 22, 69, 22
  • CSSrgb(198, 142, 21)
  • HSL41°, 81%, 43%
  • HSL Precise41.017°, 80.822%, 42.941%
  • HSV41°, 89%, 78%
  • HSB41°, 89%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • GLSLvec3(0.776, 0.557, 0.082)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.776, 0.557, 0.082, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.776, 0.557, 0.082)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB8.2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC68E15
  • DECIMAL ID13012501
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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