#ae8e80

Color #ae8e80

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 9.15 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8e80

RGB

rgb(174, 142, 128)

HSL

hsl(18.3, 22.1%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(18.3, 26.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 26.4%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(61.57, 9.91, 12.01)

LCH

lch(61.57, 15.57, 50.47)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0439, 44.91)

HWB

hwb(18.3, 50.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80a0ae

Analogous

#ae8089

#ae8e80

#aea580

Triadic

#ae8e80

#80ae8e

#8e80ae

Split-complementary

#ae8e80

#80aea5

#8089ae

Tetradic

#ae8e80

#a0ae80

#80a0ae

#8e80ae

Square

#ae8e80

#89ae80

#80a0ae

#a580ae

Shades

Color #ae8e80 mixed toward black.

#9a7362

#7b5c4e

#5c453b

#3d2e27

#1f1714

Tints

Color #ae8e80 mixed toward white.

#bba195

#c9b4aa

#d6c6bf

#e4d9d5

#f1ecea

Tones

Color #ae8e80 mixed toward gray.

#aa8f84

#a69188

#a2928b

#9f948f

#9b9593

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a184 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#a3a584 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#ad8687 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8e80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8e80]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#ae8e80 (#ae8e80) is rgb(174, 142, 128) in RGB.

No, #ae8e80 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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