#AE994F#AE994F

#AE994F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.098 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE994F
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -1.82, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 41.32, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0065 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.098 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2592, 32.3470, 12.0453)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE994F #4F64AE

analogous

#AE6A4F #AE994F #93AE4F

triadic

#AE994F #4FAE99 #994FAE

tetradic

#AE994F #4FAE6A #4F64AE #AE4F93

square

#AE994F #4FAE6A #4F64AE #AE4F93

split-complementary

#AE994F #4F93AE #6A4FAE

monochromatic

#5A4F29 #84743C #AE994F #C2B278 #D5CAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE994F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AE994F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE994F

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE994F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE994F	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae994f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.098 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b682',
    500: '#ae994f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae994f;
$custom-light: #c8b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae994f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.737,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68588,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE994F

secondary

#97A0C2

accent

#74CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE994F

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

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