#AE973B#AE973B

#AE973B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.114 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE973B
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -2.21, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 50.04, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0101 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.114 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3130, 31.4492, 8.6631)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE973B #3B52AE

analogous

#AE5D3B #AE973B #8BAE3B

triadic

#AE973B #3BAE97 #973BAE

tetradic

#AE973B #3BAE5D #3B52AE #AE3B8B

square

#AE973B #3BAE5D #3B52AE #AE3B8B

split-complementary

#AE973B #3B8BAE #5D3BAE

monochromatic

#53481C #806F2C #AE973B #C8B35E #D8C98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#AE973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE973B

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE973B	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.114 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b575',
    500: '#ae973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae973b;
$custom-light: #c9b575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67934,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE973B

secondary

#828FC2

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE973B

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

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