#AE973C#AE973C

#AE973C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.113 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE973C
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -2.15, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 49.60, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0098 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.113 95)
XYZ	xyz(29.3391, 31.4596, 8.8010)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE973C #3C53AE

analogous

#AE5E3C #AE973C #8CAE3C

triadic

#AE973C #3CAE97 #973CAE

tetradic

#AE973C #3CAE5E #3C53AE #AE3C8C

square

#AE973C #3CAE5E #3C53AE #AE3C8C

split-complementary

#AE973C #3C8CAE #5E3CAE

monochromatic

#53481D #80702C #AE973C #C8B35F #D8C98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#AE973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE973C

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE973C	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)

#A69431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.113 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b576',
    500: '#ae973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae973c;
$custom-light: #c9b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67943,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.31458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE973C

secondary

#8390C2

accent

#6BD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE973C

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

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