#AE973E#AE973E

#AE973E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.111 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE973E
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -2.02, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 48.70, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0092 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.111 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3930, 31.4812, 9.0848)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE973E #3E55AE

analogous

#AE5F3E #AE973E #8DAE3E

triadic

#AE973E #3EAE97 #973EAE

tetradic

#AE973E #3EAE5F #3E55AE #AE3E8D

square

#AE973E #3EAE5F #3E55AE #AE3E8D

split-complementary

#AE973E #3E8DAE #5F3EAE

monochromatic

#54491E #81702E #AE973E #C7B262 #D7C88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AE973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE973E

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE973E	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.111 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b577',
    500: '#ae973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae973e;
$custom-light: #c9b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67963,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE973E

secondary

#8692C2

accent

#6CD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE973E

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

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