#AE973F#AE973F

#AE973F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.111 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE973F
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -1.95, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 48.25, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0089 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.111 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4207, 31.4923, 9.2306)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE973F #3F56AE

analogous

#AE603F #AE973F #8EAE3F

triadic

#AE973F #3FAE97 #973FAE

tetradic

#AE973F #3FAE60 #3F56AE #AE3F8E

square

#AE973F #3FAE60 #3F56AE #AE3F8E

split-complementary

#AE973F #3F8EAE #603FAE

monochromatic

#54491E #81702F #AE973F #C7B264 #D7C890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE973F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AE973F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE973F

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE973F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE973F	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)

#A69435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae973f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.111 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b578',
    500: '#ae973f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae973f;
$custom-light: #c9b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae973f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67974,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE973F

secondary

#8793C2

accent

#6DD651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE973F

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

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