#AE993F#AE993F

#AE993F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.112 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE993F
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -3.03, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 48.89, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.012 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.112 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7453, 32.1415, 9.3388)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE993F #3F54AE

analogous

#AE623F #AE993F #8CAE3F

triadic

#AE993F #3FAE99 #993FAE

tetradic

#AE993F #3FAE62 #3F54AE #AE3F8C

square

#AE993F #3FAE62 #3F54AE #AE3F8C

split-complementary

#AE993F #3F8CAE #623FAE

monochromatic

#544A1E #81712F #AE993F #C7B464 #D7CA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE993F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AE993F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE993F

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE993F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE993F	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)

#A89635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae993f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.112 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b678',
    500: '#ae993f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae993f;
$custom-light: #c9b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae993f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.684,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE993F

secondary

#8792C2

accent

#6BD651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE993F

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

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