Bronze Color
Bronze is a brown color with hex code #A87900. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with bronze, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Bronze Color Values
What Does Bronze Mean?
Bronze belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Being on the dark side, Bronze adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Bronze is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: deep yellow, #AF8D13).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Bronze
Bronze and #0030A8 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #A82400 and #84A800, which sit beside bronze on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair bronze with triadic partners #00A879 and #7900A8. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Mustard Brown —
#AC7E04(Delta E 2) - Hot Toddy —
#B38007(Delta E 4) - Golden Brown —
#B27A01(Delta E 4) - Buttered Rum —
#A1750D(Delta E 5) - DarkGoldenRod —
#B8860B(Delta E 6)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #A87900; }
.background { background-color: #A87900; }
.border { border: 2px solid #A87900; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #A8790040; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for bronze?
Bronze has the hex code #A87900. In RGB notation it is rgb(168, 121, 0), in HSL it is hsl(43, 100%, 33%), and its OKLCH value is 0.607, 0.125, 81.3.
What does the color bronze mean?
Brown-family colors like bronze carry distinct psychological associations. Bronze belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Being on the dark side, Bronze adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with bronze?
Bronze has three easy routes: its complement #0030A8 for punch, its neighbors #A82400 and #84A800 for something calmer, or triadic partners #00A879 and #7900A8 when you want energy.
Is bronze a standard web color?
No — Bronze is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #A87900 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make bronze lighter or darker?
To lighten bronze, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FFEFC7 (lightest tint) to #1F1600 (darkest shade).
About Bronze
Bronze is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Brown hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #A87900 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.