Information about #AD855D color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#AD855D falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 133, 93) — 67.8% red, 52.2% green, 36.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 16 / 31 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AD855D reads as a softly balanced amber-leaning orange and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Golden Quartz Ochre (#AA8A58). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Sanctuary (#A68459) and Gold Coast (#B38B5E).

The recipe behind #AD855D is rgb(173, 133, 93), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AD855D: 6.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AD855D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AD855D color variations

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

#AD855D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AD855D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AD855D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AD855D 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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#AD855D 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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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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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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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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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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Nearest named colors to #AD855D

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

Golden Quartz Ochre color link
Golden Quartz Ochre

#AA8A58

Sanctuary color link
Sanctuary

#A68459

Gold Coast color link
Gold Coast

#B38B5E

Soft Brown color link
Soft Brown

#B7825F

Teak color link
Teak

#AB8953

Medium Wood color link
Medium Wood

#A68064

Dark Sand color link
Dark Sand

#A88F59

Cafe Au Lait color link
Cafe Au Lait

#A67B5B

Deer color link
Deer

#BA8759

Gold Rush color link
Gold Rush

#A28A64

Triple Doeskin color link
Triple Doeskin

#9F8460

Muddy Waters color link
Muddy Waters

#A9844F

#AD855D color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AD855D
  • RGB173, 133, 93
  • CMYK0, 16, 31, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 133, 93)
  • HSL30°, 33%, 52%
  • HSL Precise30°, 32.787%, 52.157%
  • HSV30°, 46%, 68%
  • HSB30°, 46%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.365
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.522, 0.365)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.522, 0.365, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.522, 0.365)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAD855D
  • DECIMAL ID11371869
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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