#AE983E#AE983E

#AE983E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.112 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE983E
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -2.56, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 49.02, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0107 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.112 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5546, 31.8044, 9.1386)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE983E #3E54AE

analogous

#AE603E #AE983E #8CAE3E

triadic

#AE983E #3EAE98 #983EAE

tetradic

#AE983E #3EAE60 #3E54AE #AE3E8C

square

#AE983E #3EAE60 #3E54AE #AE3E8C

split-complementary

#AE983E #3E8CAE #603EAE

monochromatic

#54491E #81712E #AE983E #C7B362 #D7C98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AE983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE983E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE983E	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)

#A79534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.112 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b677',
    500: '#ae983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae983e;
$custom-light: #c9b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68176,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE983E

secondary

#8692C2

accent

#6BD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE983E

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

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