#ae700c

Color #ae700c

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 11.7 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ae700c

RGB

rgb(174, 112, 12)

HSL

hsl(37, 87.1%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37, 93.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 93.1%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(52.53, 17.63, 57.09)

LCH

lch(52.53, 59.75, 72.84)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.1259, 70.41)

HWB

hwb(37, 4.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0c4aae

Analogous

#ae1f0c

#ae700c

#9bae0c

Triadic

#ae700c

#0cae70

#700cae

Split-complementary

#ae700c

#0c9bae

#1f0cae

Tetradic

#ae700c

#4aae0c

#0c4aae

#700cae

Square

#ae700c

#0cae1f

#0c4aae

#ae0c9b

Shades

Color #ae700c mixed toward black.

#915d0a

#744b08

#573806

#3a2504

#1d1302

Tints

Color #ae700c mixed toward white.

#e1900f

#f1a935

#f5be68

#f8d49a

#fce9cd

Tones

Color #ae700c mixed toward gray.

#a16d1a

#936a27

#866735

#786342

#6b6050

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#97973a · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#9a9f40 · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#ac4c4f · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae700c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae700c]

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Frequently asked questions

#ae700c (#ae700c) is rgb(174, 112, 12) in RGB.

No, #ae700c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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