Buttered Rum Color
Buttered Rum is a brown color with hex code #A1750D. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with buttered rum, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Buttered Rum Color Values
What Does Buttered Rum Mean?
Buttered Rum 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, Buttered Rum adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Buttered Rum is classified as a brown (nearest centroid: light olive brown, #967117).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Buttered Rum
Buttered Rum and #0D39A0 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 — #A02A0D and #83A00D, which sit beside buttered rum on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair buttered rum with triadic partners #0DA074 and #740DA0. 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
- Bronze —
#A87900(Delta E 5) - Mandalay —
#AD781B(Delta E 5) - Mustard Brown —
#AC7E04(Delta E 6) - Yellowish Brown —
#9B7A01(Delta E 6) - Puke Brown —
#947706(Delta E 7)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #A1750D; }
.background { background-color: #A1750D; }
.border { border: 2px solid #A1750D; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #A1750D40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for buttered rum?
Buttered Rum has the hex code #A1750D. In RGB notation it is rgb(161, 117, 13), in HSL it is hsl(42, 85%, 34%), and its OKLCH value is 0.591, 0.119, 81.4.
What does the color buttered rum mean?
Brown-family colors like buttered rum carry distinct psychological associations. Buttered Rum 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, Buttered Rum adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with buttered rum?
Buttered Rum has three easy routes: its complement #0D39A0 for punch, its neighbors #A02A0D and #83A00D for something calmer, or triadic partners #0DA074 and #740DA0 when you want energy.
Is buttered rum a standard web color?
No — Buttered Rum is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #A1750D or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make buttered rum lighter or darker?
To lighten buttered rum, 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 #FBECCB (lightest tint) to #1C1502 (darkest shade).
About Buttered Rum
Buttered Rum is classified as a Brown in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Brown hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #A1750D to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.