#AE993E#AE993E

#AE993E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.113 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE993E
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -3.10, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 49.34, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0123 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.113 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7176, 32.1304, 9.1930)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE993E #3E53AE

analogous

#AE613E #AE993E #8BAE3E

triadic

#AE993E #3EAE99 #993EAE

tetradic

#AE993E #3EAE61 #3E53AE #AE3E8B

square

#AE993E #3EAE61 #3E53AE #AE3E8B

split-complementary

#AE993E #3E8BAE #613EAE

monochromatic

#544A1E #81712E #AE993E #C7B462 #D7CA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AE993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE993E

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE993E	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.113 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b677',
    500: '#ae993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae993e;
$custom-light: #c9b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6839,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE993E

secondary

#8691C2

accent

#6AD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE993E

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

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