#AEA689#AEA689

#AEA689 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.041 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA689
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 137)
HSL	hsl(47, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 21.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -1.96, 16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 16.20, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0032 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.041 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6070, 38.0779, 29.1361)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA689 #8991AE

analogous

#AE9389 #AEA689 #A3AE89

triadic

#AEA689 #89AEA6 #A689AE

tetradic

#AEA689 #89AE93 #8991AE #AE89A3

square

#AEA689 #89AE93 #8991AE #AE89A3

split-complementary

#AEA689 #89A3AE #9389AE

monochromatic

#70684D #948A66 #AEA689 #C7C1AD #E0DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AEA689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA689

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA689	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.041 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0ab',
    500: '#aea689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea689;
$custom-light: #c6c0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 18.593,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72414,
    "c": 0.04132,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA689

secondary

#C2C5D0

accent

#5B9D49

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA689

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

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