#AE923D#AE923D

#AE923D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.109 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE923D
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 0.64, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 47.66, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0016 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.109 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5782, 29.8950, 8.6790)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE923D #3D59AE

analogous

#AE593D #AE923D #91AE3D

triadic

#AE923D #3DAE92 #923DAE

tetradic

#AE923D #3DAE59 #3D59AE #AE3D91

square

#AE923D #3DAE59 #3D59AE #AE3D91

split-complementary

#AE923D #3D91AE #593DAE

monochromatic

#53461D #816C2D #AE923D #C8AE61 #D7C58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AE923D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#AE923D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE923D

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE923D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE923D	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae923d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.109 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b176',
    500: '#ae923d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae923d;
$custom-light: #c9b176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae923d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66896,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE923D

secondary

#8594C2

accent

#72D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE923D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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