#A03A00

A dark, vivid orange closely aligning with Saddlebrown.

About #A03A00

At its core, #A03A00 is a dark and vivid hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Saddlebrown. In the RGB color space, it consists of 160 red, 58 green, and 0 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 64% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 21.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the orange spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A03A00
RGB160, 58, 0
HSL21.8°, 100.0%, 31.4%
CMYK0%, 64%, 100%, 37%
HSV21.8°, 100.0%, 62.7%
LAB38.7, 40.3, 50.1
XYZ16.0, 10.5, 1.2
Decimal10500608

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.77:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.10:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
6.47:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.64:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A03A00; }
.text-color { color: #A03A00; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A03A00; }

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