#AEAA8A#AEAA8A

#AEAA8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.044 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA8A
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -3.96, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 17.51, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0089 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.045 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4176, 39.5836, 29.7618)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA8A #8A8EAE

analogous

#AE988A #AEAA8A #A0AE8A

triadic

#AEAA8A #8AAEAA #AA8AAE

tetradic

#AEAA8A #8AAE98 #8A8EAE #AE8AA0

square

#AEAA8A #8AAE98 #8A8EAE #AE8AA0

split-complementary

#AEAA8A #8AA0AE #988AAE

monochromatic

#706C4E #948F67 #AEAA8A #C7C4AE #E0DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEAA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA8A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA8A	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B0A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.044 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3ac',
    500: '#aeaa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa8a;
$custom-light: #c6c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73284,
    "c": 0.0445,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA8A

secondary

#C3C5D1

accent

#529C49

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA8A

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

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