#AEA990#AEA990

#AEA990 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.035 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA990
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 144)
HSL	hsl(50, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 17%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 17.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -2.50, 13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 13.79, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0048 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.035 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6773, 39.3887, 32.0508)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA990 #9095AE

analogous

#AE9A90 #AEA990 #A4AE90

triadic

#AEA990 #90AEA9 #A990AE

tetradic

#AEA990 #90AE9A #9095AE #AE90A4

square

#AEA990 #90AE9A #9095AE #AE90A4

split-complementary

#AEA990 #90A4AE #9A90AE

monochromatic

#716C53 #948E6D #AEA990 #C8C4B3 #E2E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEA990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AEA990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA990

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA990	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.035 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2b0',
    500: '#aea990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea990;
$custom-light: #c6c2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 15.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73216,
    "c": 0.0353,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA990

secondary

#C7C9D2

accent

#599A4C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA990

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

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