#AAAE9C#AAAE9C

#AAAE9C is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.026 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE9C
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(73, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(73, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -4.69, 8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 9.94, 118.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0117 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.026 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7135, 41.2185, 37.4152)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE9C #A09CAE

analogous

#AEA99C #AAAE9C #A1AE9C

triadic

#AAAE9C #9CAAAE #AE9CAA

tetradic

#AAAE9C #9CAEA9 #A09CAE #AE9CA1

square

#AAAE9C #9CAEA9 #A09CAE #AE9CA1

split-complementary

#AAAE9C #9CA1AE #A99CAE

monochromatic

#6E725D #8D927A #AAAE9C #C7CABE #E4E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AAAE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AAAE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE9C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE9C	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.026 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6b9',
    500: '#aaae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae9c;
$custom-light: #c3c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.02564,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE9C

secondary

#D1D0D6

accent

#519460

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE9C

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

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