Antique Bronze (#665D1E)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
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Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 6.67:1 — vs black: 3.15:1

Color values

  • HEX #665D1E
  • RGB rgb(102, 93, 30)
  • HSL hsl(52, 70%, 40%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 8.82, 70.59, 60 )

Tags

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #665D1E based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Antique Bronze
#665D1E Base
#1E2766
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Antique Bronze
#665D1E Base
#66391E
#4B661E
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Antique Bronze
#665D1E Base
#1E665D
#5D1E66
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Antique Bronze
#665D1E Base
#1E4B66
#391E66
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Antique Bronze
#665D1E Base
#1E6639
#1E2766
#661E4B
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Antique Bronze
#665D1E Base
#141206
#2B270D
#464015
#867A27
#A1932F
#CCBD51
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Antique Bronze, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#141206
#24210B
#35300F
#453F14
#564E19
Antique Bronze #665D1E Base
#9C8F2E
#C9B948
#D9CE7E
#E9E3B5
#F9F7EB
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #665D1E. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #665D1E;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #665D1E;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #665D1E;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #665D1E,
        #1E30AE
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #665D1E,
        #1E30AE
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$antique-bronze: #665D1E;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$antique-bronze-r: 102;
$antique-bronze-g: 93;
$antique-bronze-b: 30;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $antique-bronze;
    color: rgba($antique-bronze-r, $antique-bronze-g, $antique-bronze-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Antique Bronze appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #665D1E How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #60601D Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #5E5E1E Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #6B5858 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #5C5C5C Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Antique Bronze ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Antique Bronze #665D1E Base
Field Drab #6C541E ΔE 6.61
Army Green #4B5320 ΔE 8.26
Bronze Yellow #737000 ΔE 8.52
Spanish Bistre #807532 ΔE 9.15

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.