Information about #A6870B color

#A6870B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A6870B falls into the Yellow Color FamilyFull Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(166, 135, 11) — 65.1% red, 52.9% green, 4.3% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 12 / 61 / 35. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A pure, full-strength sunny yellow, #A6870B occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Dark Mustard (#A88905). Slightly further away sit Golden Palm (#AA8805) and Luxury Gold (#A48111).

The recipe behind #A6870B is rgb(166, 135, 11), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 6.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A6870B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A6870B color variations

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

#A6870B 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 #A6870B

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

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Luxury Gold color link
Luxury Gold

#A48111

Golden Curry color link
Golden Curry

#A47D0E

Dark Yellow color link
Dark Yellow

#9B870C

Diarrhea color link
Diarrhea

#9F8303

Baby Poo color link
Baby Poo

#AB9004

Strong Amber color link
Strong Amber

#A87E00

Gold color link
Gold

#A57C00

Zion color link
Zion

#AC7911

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A6870B
  • RGB166, 135, 11
  • CMYK0, 12, 61, 35
  • CSSrgb(166, 135, 11)
  • HSL48°, 88%, 35%
  • HSL Precise48°, 87.571%, 34.706%
  • HSV48°, 93%, 65%
  • HSB48°, 93%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.651
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.043
  • GLSLvec3(0.651, 0.529, 0.043)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.651, 0.529, 0.043, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.651, 0.529, 0.043)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB4.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA6870B
  • DECIMAL ID10913547
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01