Information about #AF881E color

#AF881E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AF881E falls into the Orange Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(175, 136, 30) — 68.6% red, 53.3% green, 11.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 15 / 57 / 31. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange, #AF881E feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from University Of California Gold (#B78727). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Vintage Gold (#A28B23) and Yellowy Brown (#AE8B0C).

In RGB terms — rgb(175, 136, 30) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AF881E: 6.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AF881E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AF881E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AF881E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #AF881E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Vintage Gold color link
Vintage Gold

#A28B23

Luxury Gold color link
Luxury Gold

#A48111

Frizzell color link
Frizzell

#AD812F

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Hacienda color link
Hacienda

#9E8022

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Nugget color link
Nugget

#BC9229

Zion color link
Zion

#AC7911

Rusty Gold color link
Rusty Gold

#B57F0C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AF881E
  • RGB175, 136, 30
  • CMYK0, 15, 57, 31
  • CSSrgb(175, 136, 30)
  • HSL44°, 71%, 40%
  • HSL Precise43.862°, 70.732%, 40.196%
  • HSV44°, 83%, 69%
  • HSB44°, 83%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.533
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.118
  • GLSLvec3(0.686, 0.533, 0.118)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.686, 0.533, 0.118, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.686, 0.533, 0.118)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB53.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11.8%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAF881E
  • DECIMAL ID11503646
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01