#AE983F#AE983F

#AE983F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.111 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE983F
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -2.49, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 48.57, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0104 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.111 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5823, 31.8155, 9.2845)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE983F #3F55AE

analogous

#AE613F #AE983F #8DAE3F

triadic

#AE983F #3FAE98 #983FAE

tetradic

#AE983F #3FAE61 #3F55AE #AE3F8D

square

#AE983F #3FAE61 #3F55AE #AE3F8D

split-complementary

#AE983F #3F8DAE #613FAE

monochromatic

#54491E #81712F #AE983F #C7B364 #D7C990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE983F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AE983F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE983F

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE983F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE983F	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)

#A79535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae983f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.111 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b678',
    500: '#ae983f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae983f;
$custom-light: #c9b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae983f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68187,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE983F

secondary

#8792C2

accent

#6CD651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE983F

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

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