#ae740f

Color #ae740f

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ae740f

RGB

rgb(174, 116, 15)

HSL

hsl(38.1, 84.1%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.1, 91.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 91.4%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(53.52, 15.44, 57.17)

LCH

lch(53.52, 59.22, 74.89)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.1248, 73.19)

HWB

hwb(38.1, 5.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0f49ae

Analogous

#ae250f

#ae740f

#99ae0f

Triadic

#ae740f

#0fae74

#740fae

Split-complementary

#ae740f

#0f99ae

#250fae

Tetradic

#ae740f

#49ae0f

#0f49ae

#740fae

Square

#ae740f

#0fae25

#0f49ae

#ae0f99

Shades

Color #ae740f mixed toward black.

#91610d

#744d0a

#573a08

#3a2705

#1d1303

Tints

Color #ae740f mixed toward white.

#df9513

#eeac3a

#f2c16b

#f6d69d

#fbeace

Tones

Color #ae740f mixed toward gray.

#a1711c

#946d2a

#866937

#796644

#6c6251

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98983c · ΔE 20

Deuteranopia

#9b9f43 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#ac4f53 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 25.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae740f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae740f]

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Floral White #fffaf0

Frequently asked questions

#ae740f (#ae740f) is rgb(174, 116, 15) in RGB.

No, #ae740f 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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