#AE953D#AE953D

#AE953D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.111 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE953D
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -0.99, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 48.54, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0064 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.111 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0467, 30.8320, 8.8352)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE953D #3D56AE

analogous

#AE5C3D #AE953D #8EAE3D

triadic

#AE953D #3DAE95 #953DAE

tetradic

#AE953D #3DAE5C #3D56AE #AE3D8E

square

#AE953D #3DAE5C #3D56AE #AE3D8E

split-complementary

#AE953D #3D8EAE #5C3DAE

monochromatic

#53471D #816E2D #AE953D #C8B161 #D7C78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AE953D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AE953D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE953D

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE953D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE953D	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae953d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.111 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b376',
    500: '#ae953d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae953d;
$custom-light: #c9b376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae953d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67529,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE953D

secondary

#8592C2

accent

#6ED850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE953D

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

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