#AE993D#AE993D

#AE993D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.114 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE993D
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -3.16, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 49.79, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0126 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.114 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6904, 32.1195, 9.0498)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE993D #3D52AE

analogous

#AE603D #AE993D #8AAE3D

triadic

#AE993D #3DAE99 #993DAE

tetradic

#AE993D #3DAE60 #3D52AE #AE3D8A

square

#AE993D #3DAE60 #3D52AE #AE3D8A

split-complementary

#AE993D #3D8AAE #603DAE

monochromatic

#53491D #81712D #AE993D #C8B461 #D7CA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AE993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE993D

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE993D	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)

#A89632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.114 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b677',
    500: '#ae993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae993d;
$custom-light: #c9b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6838,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE993D

secondary

#8590C2

accent

#69D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE993D

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

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