Information about Burnt Siena color

#B75203 - Burnt Siena color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B75203, known as "Burnt Siena", falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(183, 82, 3) — 71.8% red, 32.2% green, 1.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 40 / 71 / 28. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange, #B75203 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 just a few steps away from Orangish Brown (#B25F03). Slightly further away sit Brick Orange (#C14A09) and Rust Orange (#C45508).

In RGB terms — rgb(183, 82, 3) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.2:1. The name "Burnt Siena" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Burnt Siena color variations

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

Burnt Siena 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 Burnt Siena

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Brick Orange color link
Brick Orange

#C14A09

Rust Orange color link
Rust Orange

#C45508

Windsor Tan color link
Windsor Tan

#A75502

Pumpkin Skin color link
Pumpkin Skin

#B1610B

Orange Brown color link
Orange Brown

#BE6400

Rust color link
Rust

#B7410E

Mahogany color link
Mahogany

#C04000

Ginger color link
Ginger

#B06500

Burnt Orange color link
Burnt Orange

#CC5500

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B75203
  • RGB183, 82, 3
  • CMYK0, 40, 71, 28
  • CSSrgb(183, 82, 3)
  • HSL26°, 97%, 36%
  • HSL Precise26.333°, 96.774%, 36.471%
  • HSV26°, 98%, 72%
  • HSB26°, 98%, 72%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.718
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.322
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.012
  • GLSLvec3(0.718, 0.322, 0.012)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.718, 0.322, 0.012, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.718, 0.322, 0.012)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB32.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB1.2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDB75203
  • DECIMAL ID12014083
  • Name Length11
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