#AE993A#AE993A

#AE993A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.116 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE993A
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -3.35, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 51.10, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0135 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.116 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6119, 32.0881, 8.6360)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE993A #3A4FAE

analogous

#AE5F3A #AE993A #89AE3A

triadic

#AE993A #3AAE99 #993AAE

tetradic

#AE993A #3AAE5F #3A4FAE #AE3A89

square

#AE993A #3AAE5F #3A4FAE #AE3A89

split-complementary

#AE993A #3A89AE #5F3AAE

monochromatic

#52481B #80712B #AE993A #C9B55C #D8CA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE993A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AE993A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE993A

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE993A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE993A	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae993a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.116 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b675',
    500: '#ae993a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae993a;
$custom-light: #c9b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae993a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68351,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE993A

secondary

#818DC2

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE993A

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

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