Earth Color
Earth is a brown color with hex code #A2653E. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with earth, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Earth Color Values
What Does Earth Mean?
Earth 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. Earth sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Earth is classified as a orange (nearest centroid: brownish orange, #AE6938).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Earth
Earth and #3E7CA3 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 — #A33E49 and #A3973E, which sit beside earth on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair earth with triadic partners #3EA364 and #643EA3. 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
- Cape Palliser —
#A26645(Delta E 4) - Santa Fe —
#B16D52(Delta E 8) - Clay Brown —
#B2713D(Delta E 8) - Potters Clay —
#8C5738(Delta E 8) - Clay —
#B66A50(Delta E 9)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #A2653E; }
.background { background-color: #A2653E; }
.border { border: 2px solid #A2653E; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #A2653E40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for earth?
Earth has the hex code #A2653E. In RGB notation it is rgb(162, 101, 62), in HSL it is hsl(23, 45%, 44%), and its OKLCH value is 0.565, 0.096, 52.3.
What does the color earth mean?
Brown-family colors like earth carry distinct psychological associations. Earth 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. Earth sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with earth?
Earth has three easy routes: its complement #3E7CA3 for punch, its neighbors #A33E49 and #A3973E for something calmer, or triadic partners #3EA364 and #643EA3 when you want energy.
Is earth a standard web color?
No — Earth is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #A2653E or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make earth lighter or darker?
To lighten earth, 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 #F2E6DE (lightest tint) to #1A100A (darkest shade).
About Earth
Earth is classified as a Orange 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 #A2653E to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.