#AAAE8A#AAAE8A

#AAAE8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.050 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE8A
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(67, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -7.63, 18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 19.60, 112.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0193 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.05 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3007, 40.6534, 29.9744)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE8A #8E8AAE

analogous

#AEA08A #AAAE8A #98AE8A

triadic

#AAAE8A #8AAAAE #AE8AAA

tetradic

#AAAE8A #8AAEA0 #8E8AAE #AE8A98

square

#AAAE8A #8AAEA0 #8E8AAE #AE8A98

split-complementary

#AAAE8A #8A98AE #A08AAE

monochromatic

#6C704E #8F9467 #AAAE8A #C4C7AE #DFE0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAAE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AAAE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE8A

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE8A	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.050 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ac',
    500: '#aaae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae8a;
$custom-light: #c3c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73807,
    "c": 0.04997,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE8A

secondary

#C5C3D1

accent

#499C52

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE8A

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

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