#AE953E#AE953E

#AE953E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.110 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE953E
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -0.93, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 48.09, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0061 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.11 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0739, 30.8429, 8.9784)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE953E #3E57AE

analogous

#AE5D3E #AE953E #8FAE3E

triadic

#AE953E #3EAE95 #953EAE

tetradic

#AE953E #3EAE5D #3E57AE #AE3E8F

square

#AE953E #3EAE5D #3E57AE #AE3E8F

split-complementary

#AE953E #3E8FAE #5D3EAE

monochromatic

#54481E #816E2E #AE953E #C7B162 #D7C78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AE953E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AE953E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE953E

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE953E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE953E	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)

#A49234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae953e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.110 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b377',
    500: '#ae953e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae953e;
$custom-light: #c9b377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae953e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.607,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67539,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE953E

secondary

#8693C2

accent

#6FD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE953E

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

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