#AE993B#AE993B

#AE993B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.115 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE993B
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -3.29, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 50.67, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0132 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.115 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6376, 32.0984, 8.7713)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE993B #3B50AE

analogous

#AE5F3B #AE993B #89AE3B

triadic

#AE993B #3BAE99 #993BAE

tetradic

#AE993B #3BAE5F #3B50AE #AE3B89

square

#AE993B #3BAE5F #3B50AE #AE3B89

split-complementary

#AE993B #3B89AE #5F3BAE

monochromatic

#53491C #80712C #AE993B #C8B55E #D8CA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AE993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE993B

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE993B	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)

#A89630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.115 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b676',
    500: '#ae993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae993b;
$custom-light: #c9b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6836,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE993B

secondary

#828EC2

accent

#68D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE993B

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

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