Information about #CF8600 color

#CF8600 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CF8600 falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(207, 134, 0) — 81.2% red, 52.5% green, 0% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 29 / 81 / 19. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#CF8600 is a pure, full-strength amber-leaning 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 Mustard Brown (#CD7A00). Slightly further away sit Harvest Gold (#DA9100) and Dirty Orange (#C87606).

The recipe behind #CF8600 is rgb(207, 134, 0), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CF8600 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CF8600 color variations

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

#CF8600 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 #CF8600

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

Harvest Gold color link
Harvest Gold

#DA9100

Dirty Orange color link
Dirty Orange

#C87606

Vivid Amber color link
Vivid Amber

#CC9900

Egypt Gold color link
Egypt Gold

#C09300

Fulvous color link
Fulvous

#E48400

High Noon color link
High Noon

#BC7F0C

Ocre color link
Ocre

#C69C04

Yellow Ochre color link
Yellow Ochre

#CB9D06

Cinnamon color link
Cinnamon

#C58917

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CF8600
  • RGB207, 134, 0
  • CMYK0, 29, 81, 19
  • CSSrgb(207, 134, 0)
  • HSL39°, 100%, 41%
  • HSL Precise38.841°, 100%, 40.588%
  • HSV39°, 100%, 81%
  • HSB39°, 100%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.812
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.525
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • GLSLvec3(0.812, 0.525, 0.000)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.812, 0.525, 0.000, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.812, 0.525, 0.000)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB81.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCF8600
  • DECIMAL ID13600256
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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