Information about #AF5C2A color

#AF5C2A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AF5C2A falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(175, 92, 42) — 68.6% red, 36.1% green, 16.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 33 / 52 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AF5C2A reads as a vivid, lively warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Fiery Orange (#B1592F). Slightly further away sit Red Stage (#AD522E) and Heartwood (#A6602F).

The recipe behind #AF5C2A is rgb(175, 92, 42), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 4.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.4:1. #AF5C2A has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#AF5C2A color variations

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

#AF5C2A 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 #AF5C2A

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

Fiery Orange color link
Fiery Orange

#B1592F

Red Stage color link
Red Stage

#AD522E

Heartwood color link
Heartwood

#A6602F

Clove Dyed color link
Clove Dyed

#A96232

Loquat Brown color link
Loquat Brown

#AB6134

Vesuvius color link
Vesuvius

#A85533

Hazard color link
Hazard

#A3532A

Ruddy Brown color link
Ruddy Brown

#BB6528

Mai Tai color link
Mai Tai

#A56531

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AF5C2A
  • RGB175, 92, 42
  • CMYK0, 33, 52, 31
  • CSSrgb(175, 92, 42)
  • HSL23°, 61%, 43%
  • HSL Precise22.556°, 61.29%, 42.549%
  • HSV23°, 76%, 69%
  • HSB23°, 76%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.165
  • GLSLvec3(0.686, 0.361, 0.165)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.686, 0.361, 0.165, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.686, 0.361, 0.165)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB16.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAF5C2A
  • DECIMAL ID11492394
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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