Raw Umber Color
Raw Umber is a brown color with hex code #A75E09. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with raw umber, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Raw Umber Color Values
What Does Raw Umber Mean?
Raw Umber 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, Raw Umber adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Raw Umber is classified as a orange (nearest centroid: deep orange, #BE6516).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Raw Umber
Raw Umber and #0954AA 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 — #AA0E09 and #A4AA09, which sit beside raw umber on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair raw umber with triadic partners #09AA5F and #5F09AA. 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
- Reno Sand —
#A86515(Delta E 4) - Mai Tai —
#B06608(Delta E 4) - Chelsea Gem —
#9E5302(Delta E 5) - Orangey Brown —
#B16002(Delta E 5) - Orangish Brown —
#B25F03(Delta E 6)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #A75E09; }
.background { background-color: #A75E09; }
.border { border: 2px solid #A75E09; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #A75E0940; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for raw umber?
Raw Umber has the hex code #A75E09. In RGB notation it is rgb(167, 94, 9), in HSL it is hsl(32, 90%, 35%), and its OKLCH value is 0.555, 0.127, 60.4.
What does the color raw umber mean?
Brown-family colors like raw umber carry distinct psychological associations. Raw Umber 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, Raw Umber adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with raw umber?
Raw Umber has three easy routes: its complement #0954AA for punch, its neighbors #AA0E09 and #A4AA09 for something calmer, or triadic partners #09AA5F and #5F09AA when you want energy.
Is raw umber a standard web color?
No — Raw Umber is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #A75E09 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make raw umber lighter or darker?
To lighten raw umber, 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 #FCE5CA (lightest tint) to #1D1002 (darkest shade).
About Raw Umber
Raw Umber 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 #A75E09 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.