#AEAA8E#AEAA8E

#AEAA8E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.039 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA8E
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -3.35, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 15.35, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0072 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.039 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7125, 39.7016, 31.3151)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA8E #8E92AE

analogous

#AE9A8E #AEAA8E #A2AE8E

triadic

#AEAA8E #8EAEAA #AA8EAE

tetradic

#AEAA8E #8EAE9A #8E92AE #AE8EA2

square

#AEAA8E #8EAE9A #8E92AE #AE8EA2

split-complementary

#AEAA8E #8EA2AE #9A8EAE

monochromatic

#716D51 #948F6A #AEAA8E #C8C5B2 #E1E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAA8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AEAA8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA8E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA8E	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)

#B0A88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.039 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3af',
    500: '#aeaa8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa8e;
$custom-light: #c6c3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73379,
    "c": 0.03916,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA8E

secondary

#C6C7D2

accent

#559B4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA8E

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

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