Information about #AE5400 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange, #AE5400 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Strong Orange (#A85400). Slightly further away sit Windsor Tan (#A75502) and Burnt Siena (#B75203).
The recipe behind #AE5400 is rgb(174, 84, 0), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #AE5400: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.1:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#AE5400 color variations
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#AE5400 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AE5400 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AE5400 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AE5400 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AE5400 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #AE5400 color
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Nearest named colors to #AE5400
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A85400
#A75502
#B75203
#B25F03
#B16002
#B06500
#B1610B
#A83F00
#A86900
#BE6400
#9B4703
#C14A09
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AE5400
- RGB174, 84, 0
- CMYK0, 35, 68, 32
- CSSrgb(174, 84, 0)
- HSL29°, 100%, 34%
- HSL Precise28.966°, 100%, 34.118%
- HSV29°, 100%, 68%
- HSB29°, 100%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.682
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.329
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
- GLSLvec3(0.682, 0.329, 0.000)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.682, 0.329, 0.000, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.682, 0.329, 0.000)
- Percentage of Red in RGB68.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB32.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX IDAE5400
- DECIMAL ID11424768
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01



