#AE9953#AE9953

#AE9953 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.093 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9953
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -1.47, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 39.34, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.005 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.094 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4092, 32.4070, 12.8353)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9953 #5368AE

analogous

#AE6B53 #AE9953 #95AE53

triadic

#AE9953 #53AE99 #9953AE

tetradic

#AE9953 #53AE6B #5368AE #AE5395

square

#AE9953 #53AE6B #5368AE #AE5395

split-complementary

#AE9953 #5395AE #6B53AE

monochromatic

#5C502B #85753F #AE9953 #C2B27D #D5CAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE9953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AE9953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9953

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9953	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6974D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.093 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b685',
    500: '#ae9953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9953;
$custom-light: #c8b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68643,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9953

secondary

#9AA3C3

accent

#76CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9953

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

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