HEX atlas value

#963B03

#963B03 is a warm orange HEX color close to Saddle Brown. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 150, 59, 3, HSL 23, 96%, 30%, has luminance 0.0962, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#963B03 Sample readable text

HEX #963B03

RGB rgb(150, 59, 3)

HSL hsl(23 96% 30%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 61, 98, 41)

Luminance 0.0962

Contrast Black 2.92:1White 7.18:1

CSS

--color-963b03: #963B03;
.background-963b03 { background-color: #963B03; }
.text-963b03 { color: #963B03; }

Luminance0.0962

Black text2.92:1AA Fail

White text7.18:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#963B03","rgb":[150,59,3],"hsl":[23,96,30],"cmyk":[0,61,98,41],"luminance":0.0962,"contrast":{"black":2.92,"white":7.18}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.92,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":7.18,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#3C1801","hex":"#3C1801","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.32,"contrastWhite":15.86,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#960314","hex":"#960314","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.32,"contrastWhite":9.05,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Burnt Umber","hex":"#8A3324","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.58,"contrastWhite":8.14,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#853F14","hex":"#853F14","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.72,"contrastWhite":7.73,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Pompeian Red","hex":"#A42A04","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.91,"contrastWhite":7.21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Saddle Brown adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/963b03.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/saddle-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pompeian-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/rust.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#035E96","analogous":["#960314","#968503"],"triadic":["#03963B","#3B0396"],"tetradic":["#149603","#035E96","#850396"],"splitComplementary":["#039685","#031496"],"monochromatic":["#F05F05","#963B03","#3C1801"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F05F05","dark":"#3C1801","saturated":"#993B00","desaturated":"#853F14","pastel":"#E9772F","neon":"#C24A00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":21.840329667841555},{"slug":"pompeian-red","name":"Pompeian Red","hex":"#A42A04","distance":22.045407685048602},{"slug":"rust","name":"Rust","hex":"#B7410E","distance":35.298725189445584},{"slug":"brick-red","name":"Brick Red","hex":"#8A3324","distance":36.013886210738214},{"slug":"burnt-umber","name":"Burnt Umber","hex":"#8A3324","distance":36.013886210738214}]

HEX meaning and use

About #963B03

#963B03 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #963B03 is visually closest to Saddle Brown, a named orange color with HEX #8B4513.

The RGB channels are 150, 59, and 3, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 23deg with 96% saturation and 30% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.0962, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 21.84, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.92:1AA Fail

White text7.18:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #963B03 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.92:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF7.18:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#3C1801#FFFFFF text · best 15.86:1#3C1801

#960314#FFFFFF text · best 9.05:1#960314

Burnt Umber#FFFFFF text · best 8.14:1#8A3324

#853F14#FFFFFF text · best 7.73:1#853F14

Pompeian Red#FFFFFF text · best 7.21:1#A42A04

Generated Palette

#963B03#963B03

#035E96#035E96

#960314#960314

#968503#968503

#F05F05#F05F05

#3C1801#3C1801

Color Harmonies

#035E96#035E96

#960314#960314

#968503#968503

#03963B#03963B

#3B0396#3B0396

Variants

#F05F05#F05F05

#3C1801#3C1801

#993B00#993B00

#853F14#853F14

#E9772F#E9772F

#C24A00#C24A00

Nearest Named Colors

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Pompeian Red#A42A04

Rust#B7410E

Brick Red#8A3324

Burnt Umber#8A3324

#963B03

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #963B03

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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