#AEAA97#AEAA97

#AEAA97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.027 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA97
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -1.91, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 10.49, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0034 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.027 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4157, 39.9829, 35.0186)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA97 #979BAE

analogous

#AE9E97 #AEAA97 #A6AE97

triadic

#AEAA97 #97AEAA #AA97AE

tetradic

#AEAA97 #97AE9E #979BAE #AE97A6

square

#AEAA97 #97AE9E #979BAE #AE97A6

split-complementary

#AEAA97 #97A6AE #9E97AE

monochromatic

#726E59 #938E75 #AEAA97 #C9C6B9 #E4E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEAA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AEAA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA97

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA97	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.027 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3b5',
    500: '#aeaa97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa97;
$custom-light: #c6c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.02699,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA97

secondary

#CCCED4

accent

#5B974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA97

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

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