Dark Tan #AF884A

About this color

#AF884A is a medium-light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 65%, its chroma 0.093 and its hue 78°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Dark Tan. Black text reads best on it, at 6.44:1.

Colors that go with Dark Tan

Matches found by rotating Dark Tan around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Dark Tan

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Dark Tan, closest first.

• Alexandrite Treasury
• Sapphire Casket
• Tourmaline Clasp
• Garnet Treasury
• Almanac Wallpaper
• Whiteboard Deck
• Croissant Counter
• Trust Briefing

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Dark Tan, with their ΔE distance.

• Dark Sand #A88F59 ΔE 0.021
• Light Brown #AD8150 ΔE 0.022
• Coffee #A6814C ΔE 0.026
• Tan Brown #AB7E4C ΔE 0.029
• Dark Beige #AC9362 ΔE 0.032
• Puce #A57E52 ΔE 0.036
• Dark Goldenrod #B8860B ΔE 0.040
• Pale Brown #B1916E ΔE 0.042

More about Dark Tan

• Shades of orange
• What orange means

How to make Dark Tan

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts orange
• 2 parts gray
• 1 part pink

Recipe result: #B18740, a difference of ΔE 0.009 from Dark Tan. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dark Tan in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Dark Tan

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F8F5F1

   oklch(97.1% 0.006 75.4)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EFE9E0

   oklch(93.6% 0.014 78.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E3D7C7

   oklch(88.4% 0.025 75.3)

4. Step 300

   300

   #D1BDA0

   oklch(80.8% 0.045 77.1)

5. Step 400

   400

   #BA9B6C

   oklch(70.6% 0.073 77.5)

6. Step 500

   500 (this color)

   #AF884A

   oklch(65.1% 0.093 77.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #946B22

   oklch(55.7% 0.101 77.8)

8. Step 700

   700

   #7E5914

   oklch(49.1% 0.094 77.7)

9. Step 800

   800

   #664914

   oklch(42.7% 0.078 78.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #533D18

    oklch(37.6% 0.061 78)

11. Step 950

    950

    #31240F

    oklch(27% 0.039 77.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dark Tan with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.