#AEAA9D#AEAA9D

#AEAA9D is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.019 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA9D
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 157)
HSL	hsl(46, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 9.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -0.89, 7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 7.26, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0009 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.019 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9154, 40.1828, 37.6504)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA9D #9DA1AE

analogous

#AEA29D #AEAA9D #AAAE9D

triadic

#AEAA9D #9DAEAA #AA9DAE

tetradic

#AEAA9D #9DAEA2 #9DA1AE #AE9DAA

square

#AEAA9D #9DAEA2 #9DA1AE #AE9DAA

split-complementary

#AEAA9D #9DAAAE #A29DAE

monochromatic

#726E5E #928D7B #AEAA9D #CAC7BF #E5E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEAA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#AEAA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA9D

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA9D	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.019 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3b9',
    500: '#aeaa9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa9d;
$custom-light: #c6c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 9.497,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.01887,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA9D

secondary

#D1D2D6

accent

#619452

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA9D

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

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