Information about #A9420E color

#A9420E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A9420E falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(169, 66, 14) — 66.3% red, 25.9% green, 5.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 40 / 61 / 34. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #A9420E reads as a strongly colored warm orange and 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 a hair away from Metallic Brown (#AC4313). Slightly further away sit Rusty Brown (#9E3C0E) and Rust (#B7410E).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(169, 66, 14)), which gives #A9420E its character. On this background, white text reaches a 6.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A9420E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A9420E color variations

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

#A9420E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#A9420E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#652708

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Black

#000000

#A9420E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#A05833

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Grey

#808080

#A9420E 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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#A9420E 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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#0E76AA
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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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#0E28AA
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#0EAA90
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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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#AA0E28
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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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#0EAA42
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#420EAA
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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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#76AA0E
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#0E76AA
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#420EAA
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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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#28AA0E
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#0E76AA
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#900EAA
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Nearest named colors to #A9420E

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

Metallic Brown color link
Metallic Brown

#AC4313

Rusty Brown color link
Rusty Brown

#9E3C0E

Rust color link
Rust

#B7410E

Strong Tangelo color link
Strong Tangelo

#A83F00

Ayers Rock color link
Ayers Rock

#AE451D

Rustic Coral color link
Rustic Coral

#AE3415

Oregon color link
Oregon

#9B4703

Chinese Red color link
Chinese Red

#AA381E

Chinese Brown color link
Chinese Brown

#AB381F

Mars Orange color link
Mars Orange

#964514

Vindaloo color link
Vindaloo

#A74F20

Windsor Tan color link
Windsor Tan

#A75502

#A9420E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#A9420E color image #A9420E color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A9420E
  • RGB169, 66, 14
  • CMYK0, 40, 61, 34
  • CSSrgb(169, 66, 14)
  • HSL20°, 85%, 36%
  • HSL Precise20.129°, 84.699%, 35.882%
  • HSV20°, 92%, 66%
  • HSB20°, 92%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.055
  • GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.259, 0.055)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.259, 0.055, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.259, 0.055)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA9420E
  • DECIMAL ID11092494
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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