#AEAA96#AEAA96

#AEAA96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.028 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA96
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -2.07, 10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 11.03, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0038 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.028 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3348, 39.9505, 34.5927)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA96 #969AAE

analogous

#AE9E96 #AEAA96 #A6AE96

triadic

#AEAA96 #96AEAA #AA96AE

tetradic

#AEAA96 #96AE9E #969AAE #AE96A6

square

#AEAA96 #96AE9E #969AAE #AE96A6

split-complementary

#AEAA96 #96A6AE #9E96AE

monochromatic

#726D58 #938E73 #AEAA96 #C9C6B9 #E3E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AEAA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA96

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA96	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.028 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3b4',
    500: '#aeaa96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa96;
$custom-light: #c6c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.02836,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA96

secondary

#CCCDD4

accent

#5B974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA96

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

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