#AE984E#AE984E

#AE984E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.098 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE984E
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -1.36, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 41.47, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0053 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.098 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0601, 32.0066, 11.8008)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE984E #4E64AE

analogous

#AE684E #AE984E #94AE4E

triadic

#AE984E #4EAE98 #984EAE

tetradic

#AE984E #4EAE68 #4E64AE #AE4E94

square

#AE984E #4EAE68 #4E64AE #AE4E94

split-complementary

#AE984E #4E94AE #684EAE

monochromatic

#594E28 #84733B #AE984E #C2B177 #D5C9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE984E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AE984E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE984E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE984E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE984E	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae984e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.098 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b682',
    500: '#ae984e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae984e;
$custom-light: #c8b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae984e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68363,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE984E

secondary

#96A0C2

accent

#74CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE984E

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

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