#AEAB6E#AEAB6E

#AEAB6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.081 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB6E
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 36.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -8.28, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 32.88, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0222 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.081 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8334, 39.2510, 20.4901)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB6E #6E71AE

analogous

#AE8B6E #AEAB6E #91AE6E

triadic

#AEAB6E #6EAEAB #AB6EAE

tetradic

#AEAB6E #6EAE8B #6E71AE #AE6E91

square

#AEAB6E #6EAE8B #6E71AE #AE6E91

split-complementary

#AEAB6E #6E91AE #8B6EAE

monochromatic

#68663A #8F8C50 #AEAB6E #C4C295 #DAD8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAB6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AEAB6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB6E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB6E	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.081 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c398',
    500: '#aeab6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab6e;
$custom-light: #c7c398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.187,
    "s": 28.319,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72928,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB6E

secondary

#AFB0C9

accent

#68C563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB6E

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

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