Information about #74550E color

#74550E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#74550E falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(116, 85, 14) — 45.5% red, 33.3% green, 5.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 40 / 55. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #74550E reads as a energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange and sits comfortably between light and dark. 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 near neighbor of Medium Brown (#7F5112). Nearby in the Register you will also find Red Dirt (#7F5217) and Poop Brown (#7A5901).

In RGB terms — rgb(116, 85, 14) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 6.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.0:1. No one has named #74550E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#74550E color variations

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

#74550E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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#E5B032

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White

#FFFFFF

#74550E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#443208

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Black

#000000

#74550E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#74550E color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#712B0E

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#710E17

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#74550E 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
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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
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#220E71
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#0E5E71
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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
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#71220E
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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
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#0E7154
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#540E71
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#2C710E
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#0E2C71
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#540E71
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#0E7122
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#0E2C71
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#710E5E
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Nearest named colors to #74550E

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

Medium Brown color link
Medium Brown

#7F5112

Red Dirt color link
Red Dirt

#7F5217

Poop Brown color link
Poop Brown

#7A5901

Spicy Mustard color link
Spicy Mustard

#74640D

Greenish Brown color link
Greenish Brown

#696112

Greeny Brown color link
Greeny Brown

#696006

Field Drab color link
Field Drab

#6C541E

Himalaya color link
Himalaya

#6A5D1B

Olive Brown color link
Olive Brown

#645403

Poop color link
Poop

#7F5E00

Brown color link
Brown

#88540B

Sepia color link
Sepia

#704214

#74550E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#74550E color image #74550E color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#74550E
  • RGB116, 85, 14
  • CMYK0, 12, 40, 55
  • CSSrgb(116, 85, 14)
  • HSL42°, 78%, 25%
  • HSL Precise41.765°, 78.462%, 25.49%
  • HSV42°, 88%, 45%
  • HSB42°, 88%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.055
  • GLSLvec3(0.455, 0.333, 0.055)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.455, 0.333, 0.055, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.455, 0.333, 0.055)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB45.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID74550E
  • DECIMAL ID7623950
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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