Information about #AF9515 color

#AF9515 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AF9515 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(175, 149, 21) — 68.6% red, 58.4% green, 8.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 15 / 88 / 31. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A strongly colored golden yellow, #AF9515 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Lucky (#AB9A1C). Slightly further away sit Yellowy Brown (#AE8B0C) and Gold Foil (#BD9B16).

In RGB terms — rgb(175, 149, 21) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AF9515: 7.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#AF9515 color variations

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

#AF9515 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 #AF9515

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

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Baby Poo color link
Baby Poo

#AB9004

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Vomit color link
Vomit

#A2A415

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AF9515
  • RGB175, 149, 21
  • CMYK0, 15, 88, 31
  • CSSrgb(175, 149, 21)
  • HSL50°, 79%, 38%
  • HSL Precise49.87°, 78.571%, 38.431%
  • HSV50°, 88%, 69%
  • HSB50°, 88%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • GLSLvec3(0.686, 0.584, 0.082)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.686, 0.584, 0.082, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.686, 0.584, 0.082)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB8.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDAF9515
  • DECIMAL ID11506965
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01