#AEAA9C#AEAA9C

#AEAA9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.020 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA9C
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 156)
HSL	hsl(47, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -1.07, 7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 7.80, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0013 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.02 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8304, 40.1488, 37.2026)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA9C #9CA0AE

analogous

#AEA19C #AEAA9C #A9AE9C

triadic

#AEAA9C #9CAEAA #AA9CAE

tetradic

#AEAA9C #9CAEA1 #9CA0AE #AE9CA9

square

#AEAA9C #9CAEA1 #9CA0AE #AE9CA9

split-complementary

#AEAA9C #9CA9AE #A19CAE

monochromatic

#726E5D #928D7A #AEAA9C #CAC7BE #E5E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEAA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AEAA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA9C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA9C	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.020 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3b9',
    500: '#aeaa9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa9c;
$custom-light: #c6c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73735,
    "c": 0.02022,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA9C

secondary

#D0D1D6

accent

#609451

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA9C

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

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