#ae8442

Color #ae8442

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 14.84 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8442

RGB

rgb(174, 132, 66)

HSL

hsl(36.7, 45%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.7, 62.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 62.1%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(57.94, 8.73, 41.19)

LCH

lch(57.94, 42.1, 78.03)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0982, 76.7)

HWB

hwb(36.7, 25.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#426cae

Analogous

#ae4e42

#ae8442

#a2ae42

Triadic

#ae8442

#42ae84

#8442ae

Split-complementary

#ae8442

#42a2ae

#4e42ae

Tetradic

#ae8442

#6cae42

#426cae

#8442ae

Square

#ae8442

#42ae4e

#426cae

#ae42a2

Shades

Color #ae8442 mixed toward black.

#916e37

#74582c

#574221

#3a2c16

#1d160b

Tints

Color #ae8442 mixed toward white.

#c19a5c

#ceae7d

#dac29d

#e6d7be

#f3ebde

Tones

Color #ae8442 mixed toward gray.

#a5824b

#9c8054

#937e5d

#8a7c66

#817a6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9d58 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#a0a35c · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#ac6568 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8442;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8442]

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Frequently asked questions

#ae8442 (#ae8442) is rgb(174, 132, 66) in RGB.

No, #ae8442 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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