#AEA68E#AEA68E

#AEA68E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.035 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA68E
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 142)
HSL	hsl(45, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -1.19, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 13.53, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0011 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.035 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9740, 38.2247, 31.0690)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA68E #8E96AE

analogous

#AE968E #AEA68E #A6AE8E

triadic

#AEA68E #8EAEA6 #A68EAE

tetradic

#AEA68E #8EAE96 #8E96AE #AE8EA6

square

#AEA68E #8EAE96 #8E96AE #AE8EA6

split-complementary

#AEA68E #8EA6AE #968EAE

monochromatic

#716951 #948A6A #AEA68E #C8C2B2 #E1DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AEA68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA68E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA68E	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.035 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0af',
    500: '#aea68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea68e;
$custom-light: #c6c0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72535,
    "c": 0.03477,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA68E

secondary

#C6C9D2

accent

#5F9B4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA68E

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

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