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#A75911 Color

#A75911 is rgb(167, 89, 17) in RGB, hsl(29, 82%, 36%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 47%, 90%, 35%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Windsor Tan (#A75502), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 3.87. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#A75911
HEX#A75911
RGBrgb(167, 89, 17)
HSLhsl(29, 82%, 36%)
HSVhsv(29, 90%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 47%, 90%, 35%)
OKLCHoklch(54.6% 0.127 55.8)
LABlab(46.70% 29.49 51.13)
LCHlch(46.70% 59.02 60.02)

What #A75911 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #A75911, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every brown in the library.

#A75911 Channel Values

How #A75911 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 167 · G 89 · B 178-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 29° · S 82% · L 36%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 29° · S 90% · V 65%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 47% · Y 90% · K 35%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance5.15:1 vs white · 4.08:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #A75911 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text5.15:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text4.08:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #A75911 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #A75911

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #A75911; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #A75911

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #A75911.

How #A75911 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#A75911
Protanopia#6C6C0E
Protanomaly#87650F
Deuteranopia#7A7A00
Deuteranomaly#8E6E03
Tritanopia#A95454
Tritanomaly#A85642
Achromatopsia#6D6D6D

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #A75911 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-a75911: #A75911;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #A75911;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-a75911': '#A75911' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.655, green: 0.349, blue: 0.067)
Android XML<color name="color_a75911">#A75911</color>
SVG fillfill="#A75911"

More Brown Colors

#A75911 sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#A75911 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #A75911?

#A75911 is a dark brown — rgb(167, 89, 17) in RGB and hsl(29, 82%, 36%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Windsor Tan (#A75502), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 3.87.

What is the RGB value of #A75911?

#A75911 is rgb(167, 89, 17) — red 167, green 89, and blue 17 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #A75911?

#A75911 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 47%, 90%, 35%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #A75911 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #A75911 scores 5.15:1 against white and 4.08:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #A75911 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #A75911 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is saddlebrown (#8B4513) at a CIE76 distance of 13.05, which is visibly different.

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