#AEA997#AEA997

#AEA997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.026 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA997
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -1.37, 9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 10.03, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0019 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.026 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2289, 39.6094, 34.9563)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA997 #979CAE

analogous

#AE9D97 #AEA997 #A7AE97

triadic

#AEA997 #97AEA9 #A997AE

tetradic

#AEA997 #97AE9D #979CAE #AE97A7

square

#AEA997 #97AE9D #979CAE #AE97A7

split-complementary

#AEA997 #97A7AE #9D97AE

monochromatic

#726C59 #938D75 #AEA997 #C9C5B9 #E4E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA997

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA997	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.026 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2b5',
    500: '#aea997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea997;
$custom-light: #c6c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73393,
    "c": 0.02589,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA997

secondary

#CCCED4

accent

#5F974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA997

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

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