Closest web-safe match: #666600

Color Details and Palettes for #76540A

Details about the color Coffee Adept#76540A

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Amber family Warm WCAG ink: white
HEX #76540A RGB rgb(118, 84, 10) HSL hsl(41, 84%, 25%) CMYK cmyk(0%, 29%, 92%, 54%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #76540A

#76540A is a warm color from the Amber family, closest in name to “Coffee Adept”. In RGB it is rgb(118, 84, 10); in HSL, hsl(41, 84%, 25%).

The color Coffee Adept, with hexadecimal code #76540a, sits in the orange color family, typically linked to enthusiasm, creativity, and warmth. Orange hues stimulate appetite and social interaction, which is why food brands and community platforms favor them. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Stability, Reliability, Comfort, Security and Earthiness. Orange is associated with spirituality and courage in some cultures, such as in Hinduism and Buddhism. In Western cultures, it often represents autumn, harvest, and creativity. With a high saturation of 84%, this color is intensely vivid—demanding attention and ideal for focal elements like buttons, banners, and brand marks. Its low lightness of 25% produces a deep, rich appearance—conveying gravity and luxury, particularly effective in dark-mode designs and premium packaging. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Stability, Reliability, Comfort, Security, or Earthiness. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 118, 84, 10 red · green · blue HSL 41° 84% 25% hue · sat · light HSV 41° 92% 46% design-app pickers CMYK 0 29 92 54 print inks, % Luminance 0.102 0 dark → 1 light On black 3.04:1 ✕ AA contrast ratio On white 6.90:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #666600 closest web-safe Best text white ideal foreground Character Vivid warm · amber family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #76540A

Coffee Adept (#76540A) belongs to the Amber color family.

This deep, saturated shade conveys authority and richness. Deep tones are favored in luxury packaging, evening-event branding, and dark-mode interfaces where they provide dramatic contrast against lighter elements.

Historical Background

Amber—the fossilized tree resin—has been prized since the Neolithic period, with Baltic amber trade routes spanning from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. The warm golden-yellow color named after this material became synonymous with preserved antiquity. In traffic engineering, amber signals 'caution'—a universal standard since the first traffic light was installed in London in 1868.

Design & Usage Tips

Amber tones bridge yellow and orange, lending warmth without the intensity of either extreme. They work beautifully in autumn-themed campaigns, artisanal food branding, and vintage-inspired designs. Pair amber with dark brown or forest green for an earthy, organic palette, or with ivory for a refined, warm-neutral scheme.

Positioned on the warm side of the color wheel (hue 41°), it naturally draws the eye and creates a sense of closeness—making it effective for calls to action, food photography, and hospitality branding. At 84% saturation, this is a highly vivid color that demands attention. Use it where maximum visual impact is needed—feature banners, accent buttons, and data-visualization highlights.

Psychological Impact

Amber evokes warmth, nostalgia, and comfort—like candlelight or afternoon sunlight. It feels inviting and reassuring, making it excellent for hospitality, craft beverage, and home-goods branding. Amber also carries a gentle sense of caution inherited from traffic signals.

Its low lightness of 25% gives it a deep, intense presence. Deep tones like this excel as dark-mode backgrounds, header bars, and anywhere a sense of gravity or luxury is desired.

Creative Design Ideas

Use amber gradients as warm overlays on hero photography for a golden-hour effect. Combine amber typography on dark backgrounds for a premium whiskey or craft-beer aesthetic. In UI design, amber status indicators effectively communicate 'pending' or 'in-progress' states.

Every format

#76540A Color Conversions

Every way to write Coffee Adept — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#76540A

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(118, 84, 10)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(41, 84%, 25%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(41, 92%, 46%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(41 4% 54%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(0%, 29%, 92%, 54%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(47.03% 0.093 80.10)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(47.03% 0.016 0.092)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 38.22, a: 7.67, b: 43.55

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 38.22, C: 44.22, H: 80.01

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 10.70, Y: 10.21, Z: 1.69

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
7754762

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #76540A

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Coffee Adept.

Red 118/255 55.7% Green 84/255 39.6% Blue 10/255 4.7%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Coffee Adept.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #76540A

Ink needed to reproduce Coffee Adept in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Yellow.

0% CYAN 29% MAGENTA 92% YELLOW 54% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #76540A

How bright Coffee Adept is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.102
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 3.04:1 ✕ AA ✕ AAA ✓ Large
Aa White text 6.90:1 ✓ AA ✕ AAA ✓ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #76540A

Copy-and-paste CSS for Coffee Adept — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

coffee-adept.css
background-color: #76540A;
color: #76540A;
border: 2px solid #76540A;
background-color: rgb(118, 84, 10);
background-color: hsl(41, 84%, 25%);
--color: #76540A;

Shades · light to dark

#76540A Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Coffee Adept — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#F1EEE6
#DDD4C2
#C8BB9D
#B4A178
#9F8754
#8B6E2F
#76540A
#644709
#533B07
#412E06
#2F2204
#1E1503
#0C0801

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Harmony · 180° apart

#76540A Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#76540A
#0A2C75

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#76540A Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#76540A
#62750A
#751E0A
#2C750A
#750A2C
#0A751E
#750A62

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Harmony · 120° apart

#76540A Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#76540A
#0A7553
#530A75

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Harmony · 90° apart

#76540A Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#76540A
#0A751E
#0A2C75
#750A62

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #76540A

How Coffee Adept reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#76540A
#696C20
#67671C
#742A2D
#565656
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✓ Friendly Protanopia red weakness ✓ Friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✕ Not friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✕ Not friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #76540A

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#0A2C75
#62750A
#0A7553
#0A751E
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#76540A Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

Aged Antics#886622
Very Coffee#664400
Glazed Chestnut#997722
Moelleux au Chocolat#553300
Coffee Adept#775500
Hot Curry#775522
Ayahuasca Vine#665500
Coffee Adept#775511

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #76540A

The closest named colors to #76540A — same mood, each with its own character.

Coffee Adept#775511
Hot Curry#815B28
Grizzly#885818
Olivary#6E592C
Ayahuasca Vine#665500
Very Coffee#664411
Alligator#886600
Chocolate Rain#714F29
Muddy Brown#886806
Milk Chocolate#7F4E1E
Precious Copper#885522
Himalaya#736330

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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Coffee Adept (#76540a)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Coffee Adept — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #76540A

#76540A is a warm color from the Amber family. Its closest matched name is “Coffee Adept”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(118, 84, 10); in HSL, hsl(41, 84%, 25%).
In RGB, #76540A is rgb(118, 84, 10); in HSL it is hsl(41, 84%, 25%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(0%, 29%, 92%, 54%).
#76540A has a contrast ratio of 3.04:1 against black and 6.90:1 against white. For readability, white body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it, while black does not.
The direct complement of #76540A is #0A2C75 (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #76540A in the palette sections above.