#AEA685#AEA685

#AEA685 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.047 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA685
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 23.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -2.56, 18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 18.34, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0049 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.047 96)
XYZ	xyz(35.3254, 37.9652, 27.6529)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA685 #858DAE

analogous

#AE9285 #AEA685 #A1AE85

triadic

#AEA685 #85AEA6 #A685AE

tetradic

#AEA685 #85AE92 #858DAE #AE85A1

square

#AEA685 #85AE92 #858DAE #AE85A1

split-complementary

#AEA685 #85A1AE #9285AE

monochromatic

#6F684A #948A62 #AEA685 #C6C1AA #DFDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AEA685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA685

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA685	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.047 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0a8',
    500: '#aea685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea685;
$custom-light: #c6c0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72322,
    "c": 0.04656,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.37965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA685

secondary

#C0C3CF

accent

#589F47

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA685

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

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