#ae8260

Color #ae8260

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 18.71 Nearest Tailwind class amber-600 #e17100 · ΔE 14.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8260

RGB

rgb(174, 130, 96)

HSL

hsl(26.2, 32.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(26.2, 44.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 44.8%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(57.86, 12.56, 24.98)

LCH

lch(57.86, 27.96, 63.31)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0723, 58.75)

HWB

hwb(26.2, 37.6%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#608cae

Analogous

#ae6065

#ae8260

#aea960

Triadic

#ae8260

#60ae82

#8260ae

Split-complementary

#ae8260

#60aea9

#6065ae

Tetradic

#ae8260

#8cae60

#608cae

#8260ae

Square

#ae8260

#65ae60

#608cae

#a960ae

Shades

Color #ae8260 mixed toward black.

#956c4c

#77563d

#59412e

#3c2b1e

#1e160f

Tints

Color #ae8260 mixed toward white.

#bb977a

#c9ac95

#d6c0af

#e4d5ca

#f1eae4

Tones

Color #ae8260 mixed toward gray.

#a78366

#a1846d

#9a8473

#94857a

#8d8680

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9d69 · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#9fa26c · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#ac7072 · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8260;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8260]

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Peru #cd853f

Frequently asked questions

#ae8260 (#ae8260) is rgb(174, 130, 96) in RGB.

No, #ae8260 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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