#AEA99A#AEA99A

#AEA99A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.022 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA99A
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 154)
HSL	hsl(45, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 11.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -0.86, 8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 8.42, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0006 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.022 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4757, 39.7081, 36.2558)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA99A #9A9FAE

analogous

#AE9F9A #AEA99A #A9AE9A

triadic

#AEA99A #9AAEA9 #A99AAE

tetradic

#AEA99A #9AAE9F #9A9FAE #AE9AA9

square

#AEA99A #9AAE9F #9A9FAE #AE9AA9

split-complementary

#AEA99A #9AA9AE #9F9AAE

monochromatic

#726C5C #938C78 #AEA99A #C9C6BC #E4E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AEA99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA99A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA99A	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.022 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2b7',
    500: '#aea99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea99a;
$custom-light: #c6c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73472,
    "c": 0.02187,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA99A

secondary

#CED0D5

accent

#629550

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA99A

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

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