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Information about Sepia color

#704214 - Sepia color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#704214, known as "Sepia", falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(112, 66, 20) — 43.9% red, 25.9% green, 7.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 18 / 36 / 56. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#704214 is a vivid, lively warm orange that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Deep Ochre (#733D1A). Slightly further away sit Peru Tan (#733D1F) and Philippine Bronze (#6E3A07).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(112, 66, 20)), which gives #704214 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 8.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.5:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Sepia" in the Register.

Sepia color variations

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

Sepia 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 Sepia

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

Deep Ochre color link
Deep Ochre

#733D1A

Peru Tan color link
Peru Tan

#733D1F

Kobicha color link
Kobicha

#6B4423

Dark Brown color link
Dark Brown

#654321

Mud Brown color link
Mud Brown

#60460F

New Amber color link
New Amber

#6D3B24

Russet color link
Russet

#80461B

Violin Brown color link
Violin Brown

#674403

Dark Rimu color link
Dark Rimu

#704128

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#704214
  • RGB112, 66, 20
  • CMYK0, 18, 36, 56
  • CSSrgb(112, 66, 20)
  • HSL30°, 70%, 26%
  • HSL Precise30°, 69.697%, 25.882%
  • HSV30°, 82%, 44%
  • HSB30°, 82%, 44%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.439
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.078
  • GLSLvec3(0.439, 0.259, 0.078)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.439, 0.259, 0.078, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.439, 0.259, 0.078)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB43.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB7.8%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID704214
  • DECIMAL ID7356948
  • Name Length5
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