#AE984A#AE984A

#AE984A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.102 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE984A
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -1.69, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 43.42, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0067 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.102 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9210, 31.9510, 11.0683)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE984A #4A60AE

analogous

#AE664A #AE984A #92AE4A

triadic

#AE984A #4AAE98 #984AAE

tetradic

#AE984A #4AAE66 #4A60AE #AE4A92

square

#AE984A #4AAE66 #4A60AE #AE4A92

split-complementary

#AE984A #4A92AE #664AAE

monochromatic

#584D25 #837238 #AE984A #C3B172 #D5C99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE984A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AE984A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE984A

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE984A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE984A	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae984a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.102 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b67f',
    500: '#ae984a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae984a;
$custom-light: #c9b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae984a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68311,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE984A

secondary

#929CC2

accent

#72D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE984A

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

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