#AEAA8F#AEAA8F

#AEAA8F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.038 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA8F
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 143)
HSL	hsl(52, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 17.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -3.19, 14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 14.81, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0068 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.038 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7879, 39.7318, 31.7123)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA8F #8F93AE

analogous

#AE9B8F #AEAA8F #A3AE8F

triadic

#AEAA8F #8FAEAA #AA8FAE

tetradic

#AEAA8F #8FAE9B #8F93AE #AE8FA3

square

#AEAA8F #8FAE9B #8F93AE #AE8FA3

split-complementary

#AEAA8F #8FA3AE #9B8FAE

monochromatic

#716D52 #948F6B #AEAA8F #C8C5B3 #E1E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAA8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AEAA8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA8F

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA8F	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA88D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.038 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3af',
    500: '#aeaa8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa8f;
$custom-light: #c6c3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 16.062,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73403,
    "c": 0.03781,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA8F

secondary

#C7C8D2

accent

#559A4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA8F

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

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