#AE973D#AE973D

#AE973D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.112 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE973D
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -2.08, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 49.15, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0095 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.112 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3658, 31.4703, 8.9416)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE973D #3D54AE

analogous

#AE5E3D #AE973D #8CAE3D

triadic

#AE973D #3DAE97 #973DAE

tetradic

#AE973D #3DAE5E #3D54AE #AE3D8C

square

#AE973D #3DAE5E #3D54AE #AE3D8C

split-complementary

#AE973D #3D8CAE #5E3DAE

monochromatic

#53481D #81702D #AE973D #C8B361 #D7C88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#AE973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE973D

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE973D	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)

#A69433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.112 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b577',
    500: '#ae973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae973d;
$custom-light: #c9b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67953,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE973D

secondary

#8591C2

accent

#6CD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE973D

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

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