HEX atlas value

#966003

#966003 is a warm orange HEX color close to Saddle Brown. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 150, 96, 3, HSL 38, 96%, 30%, has luminance 0.1486, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#966003 Sample readable text

HEX #966003

RGB rgb(150, 96, 3)

HSL hsl(38 96% 30%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 36, 98, 41)

Luminance 0.1486

Contrast Black 3.97:1White 5.29:1

CSS

--color-966003: #966003;
.background-966003 { background-color: #966003; }
.text-966003 { color: #966003; }

Luminance0.1486

Black text3.97:1AA Fail

White text5.29:1AA 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":"#966003","rgb":[150,96,3],"hsl":[38,96,30],"cmyk":[0,36,98,41],"luminance":0.1486,"contrast":{"black":3.97,"white":5.29}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.97,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.29,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#3C2601","hex":"#3C2601","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.47,"contrastWhite":14.29,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#033996","hex":"#033996","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.03,"contrastWhite":10.34,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#F09A05","hex":"#F09A05","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.33,"contrastWhite":2.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#961703","hex":"#961703","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.42,"contrastWhite":8.68,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.96,"contrastWhite":7.1,"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/966003.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/saddle-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#033996","analogous":["#961703","#829603"],"triadic":["#039660","#600396"],"tetradic":["#039617","#033996","#960382"],"splitComplementary":["#038296","#170396"],"monochromatic":["#F09A05","#966003","#3C2601"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F09A05","dark":"#3C2601","saturated":"#996100","desaturated":"#855C14","pastel":"#E9A52F","neon":"#C27B00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":33.25657829663178},{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":38.948684188300895},{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":41.916583830269374},{"slug":"sienna","name":"Sienna","hex":"#A0522D","distance":45.387222871640866},{"slug":"rust","name":"Rust","hex":"#B7410E","distance":46.593991028886975}]

HEX meaning and use

About #966003

#966003 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #966003 is visually closest to Saddle Brown, a named orange color with HEX #8B4513.

The RGB channels are 150, 96, and 3, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 38deg 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 0.1486, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 33.26, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.97:1AA Fail

White text5.29:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #966003 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.97:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.29:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#3C2601#FFFFFF text · best 14.29:1#3C2601

#033996#FFFFFF text · best 10.34:1#033996

#F09A05#000000 text · best 9.33:1#F09A05

#961703#FFFFFF text · best 8.68:1#961703

Saddle Brown#FFFFFF text · best 7.1:1#8B4513

Generated Palette

#966003#966003

#033996#033996

#961703#961703

#829603#829603

#F09A05#F09A05

#3C2601#3C2601

Color Harmonies

#033996#033996

#961703#961703

#829603#829603

#039660#039660

#600396#600396

Variants

#F09A05#F09A05

#3C2601#3C2601

#996100#996100

#855C14#855C14

#E9A52F#E9A52F

#C27B00#C27B00

Nearest Named Colors

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Olive#808000

Cedar#8B5A2B

Sienna#A0522D

Rust#B7410E

#966003

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #966003

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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