#AEAA99#AEAA99

#AEAA99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.024 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA99
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -1.57, 9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 9.41, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0026 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.024 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5795, 40.0484, 35.8812)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA99 #999DAE

analogous

#AEA099 #AEAA99 #A8AE99

triadic

#AEAA99 #99AEAA #AA99AE

tetradic

#AEAA99 #99AEA0 #999DAE #AE99A8

square

#AEAA99 #99AEA0 #999DAE #AE99A8

split-complementary

#AEAA99 #99A8AE #A099AE

monochromatic

#726E5B #938E77 #AEAA99 #C9C6BB #E4E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEAA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AEAA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA99

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA99	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.024 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3b7',
    500: '#aeaa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa99;
$custom-light: #c6c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73656,
    "c": 0.02429,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA99

secondary

#CECFD5

accent

#5D9650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA99

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

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