Information about #C69014 color

#C69014 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C69014 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(198, 144, 20) — 77.6% red, 56.5% green, 7.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 27 / 90 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #C69014 reads as a strongly colored 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 hair away from Desert Yellow (#CA8D16). Slightly further away sit Cinnamon (#C58917) and Gold Foil (#BD9B16).

The recipe behind #C69014 is rgb(198, 144, 20), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C69014 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C69014 color variations

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

#C69014 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 #C69014

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

Cinnamon color link
Cinnamon

#C58917

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Cookie Brown color link
Cookie Brown

#C7A317

Lemon Curry color link
Lemon Curry

#CCA01D

Yellow Ochre color link
Yellow Ochre

#CB9D06

Ocre color link
Ocre

#C69C04

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Rich Bronze color link
Rich Bronze

#C77D1C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C69014
  • RGB198, 144, 20
  • CMYK0, 27, 90, 22
  • CSSrgb(198, 144, 20)
  • HSL42°, 82%, 43%
  • HSL Precise41.798°, 81.651%, 42.745%
  • HSV42°, 90%, 78%
  • HSB42°, 90%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.565
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.078
  • GLSLvec3(0.776, 0.565, 0.078)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.776, 0.565, 0.078, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.776, 0.565, 0.078)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB7.8%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC69014
  • DECIMAL ID13013012
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01