#AE983D#AE983D

#AE983D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.113 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE983D
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -2.62, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 49.47, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0111 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.113 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5274, 31.7935, 8.9954)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE983D #3D53AE

analogous

#AE5F3D #AE983D #8BAE3D

triadic

#AE983D #3DAE98 #983DAE

tetradic

#AE983D #3DAE5F #3D53AE #AE3D8B

square

#AE983D #3DAE5F #3D53AE #AE3D8B

split-complementary

#AE983D #3D8BAE #5F3DAE

monochromatic

#53491D #81702D #AE983D #C8B361 #D7C98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE983D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AE983D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE983D

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE983D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE983D	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae983d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.113 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b677',
    500: '#ae983d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae983d;
$custom-light: #c9b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae983d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68166,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE983D

secondary

#8591C2

accent

#6BD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE983D

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

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