#AEA98C#AEA98C

#AEA98C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.041 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA98C
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 140)
HSL	hsl(51, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 19.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -3.12, 15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 15.95, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0065 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.041 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3770, 39.2686, 30.4691)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA98C #8C91AE

analogous

#AE988C #AEA98C #A2AE8C

triadic

#AEA98C #8CAEA9 #A98CAE

tetradic

#AEA98C #8CAE98 #8C91AE #AE8CA2

square

#AEA98C #8CAE98 #8C91AE #AE8CA2

split-complementary

#AEA98C #8CA2AE #988CAE

monochromatic

#706C4F #948E68 #AEA98C #C7C4B0 #E1DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEA98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AEA98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA98C

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA98C	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.041 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2ad',
    500: '#aea98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea98c;
$custom-light: #c6c2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73119,
    "c": 0.04065,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA98C

secondary

#C5C6D1

accent

#569C4A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA98C

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

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