#AEA896#AEA896

#AEA896 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.026 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA896
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -0.99, 10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 10.12, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0008 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.026 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9628, 39.2064, 34.4686)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA896 #969CAE

analogous

#AE9C96 #AEA896 #A8AE96

triadic

#AEA896 #96AEA8 #A896AE

tetradic

#AEA896 #96AE9C #969CAE #AE96A8

square

#AEA896 #96AE9C #969CAE #AE96A8

split-complementary

#AEA896 #96A8AE #9C96AE

monochromatic

#726B58 #938B73 #AEA896 #C9C5B9 #E3E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEA896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AEA896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA896

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA896	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.026 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1b4',
    500: '#aea896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea896;
$custom-light: #c6c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.02619,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA896

secondary

#CCCED4

accent

#61974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA896

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

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