Information about #AF6517 color

#AF6517 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AF6517 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(175, 101, 23) — 68.6% red, 39.6% green, 9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 29 / 60 / 31. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#AF6517 is a strongly colored warm orange that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Omega (#B56519). Slightly further away sit Light Brown (#B5651D) and Dirty Brown (#B5651E).

The recipe behind #AF6517 is rgb(175, 101, 23), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 4.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AF6517 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AF6517 color variations

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

#AF6517 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 #AF6517

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

Omega color link
Omega

#B56519

Light Brown color link
Light Brown

#B5651D

Dirty Brown color link
Dirty Brown

#B5651E

Pumpkin Skin color link
Pumpkin Skin

#B1610B

Ruddy Brown color link
Ruddy Brown

#BB6528

Zion color link
Zion

#AC7911

Golden Brown color link
Golden Brown

#996515

Alloy Orange color link
Alloy Orange

#C46210

Ginger color link
Ginger

#B06500

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AF6517
  • RGB175, 101, 23
  • CMYK0, 29, 60, 31
  • CSSrgb(175, 101, 23)
  • HSL31°, 77%, 39%
  • HSL Precise30.789°, 76.768%, 38.824%
  • HSV31°, 87%, 69%
  • HSB31°, 87%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • GLSLvec3(0.686, 0.396, 0.090)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.686, 0.396, 0.090, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.686, 0.396, 0.090)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDAF6517
  • DECIMAL ID11494679
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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