#AE993C#AE993C

#AE993C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.115 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE993C
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -3.23, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 50.23, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0129 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.115 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6637, 32.1088, 8.9092)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE993C #3C51AE

analogous

#AE603C #AE993C #8AAE3C

triadic

#AE993C #3CAE99 #993CAE

tetradic

#AE993C #3CAE60 #3C51AE #AE3C8A

square

#AE993C #3CAE60 #3C51AE #AE3C8A

split-complementary

#AE993C #3C8AAE #603CAE

monochromatic

#53491D #80712C #AE993C #C8B55F #D8CA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AE993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE993C

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE993C	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)

#A89631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.115 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b676',
    500: '#ae993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae993c;
$custom-light: #c9b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6837,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE993C

secondary

#838FC2

accent

#69D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE993C

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

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