#AEA97E#AEA97E

#AEA97E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.059 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA97E
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 126)
HSL	hsl(54, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 27.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -5.16, 22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 23.47, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0124 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.059 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4096, 38.8816, 25.3742)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA97E #7E83AE

analogous

#AE917E #AEA97E #9BAE7E

triadic

#AEA97E #7EAEA9 #A97EAE

tetradic

#AEA97E #7EAE91 #7E83AE #AE7E9B

square

#AEA97E #7EAE91 #7E83AE #AE7E9B

split-complementary

#AEA97E #7E9BAE #917EAE

monochromatic

#6D6945 #938D5C #AEA97E #C6C2A4 #DDDBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AEA97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA97E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA97E	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.059 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2a3',
    500: '#aea97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea97e;
$custom-light: #c6c2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.05902,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA97E

secondary

#BABCCD

accent

#72BF68

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA97E

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

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