Information about #D48E25 color

#D48E25 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#D48E25 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(212, 142, 37) — 83.1% red, 55.7% green, 14.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 27 / 69 / 17. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#D48E25 is a energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Buttercup (#DA9429). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Fuel Yellow (#D19033) and Royal Arabian (#D7991C).

In RGB terms — rgb(212, 142, 37) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #D48E25: 7.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #D48E25 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#D48E25 color variations

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

#D48E25 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 #D48E25

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

Buttercup color link
Buttercup

#DA9429

Fuel Yellow color link
Fuel Yellow

#D19033

Cool Copper color link
Cool Copper

#D98719

Day's Eye color link
Day's Eye

#C89828

Dixie Chick color link
Dixie Chick

#C48F2A

Afterglow color link
Afterglow

#CE9732

Dixie color link
Dixie

#CD8431

Gold Brown color link
Gold Brown

#CB7E1F

Geebung color link
Geebung

#C5832E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#D48E25
  • RGB212, 142, 37
  • CMYK0, 27, 69, 17
  • CSSrgb(212, 142, 37)
  • HSL36°, 70%, 49%
  • HSL Precise36°, 70.281%, 48.824%
  • HSV36°, 83%, 83%
  • HSB36°, 83%, 83%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.831
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.145
  • GLSLvec3(0.831, 0.557, 0.145)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.831, 0.557, 0.145, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.831, 0.557, 0.145)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB83.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB14.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDD48E25
  • DECIMAL ID13930021
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01