#AEAB79#AEAB79

#AEAB79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.068 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB79
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -6.90, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 27.10, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0176 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.068 105)
XYZ	xyz(35.4699, 39.5056, 23.8423)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB79 #797CAE

analogous

#AE9079 #AEAB79 #96AE79

triadic

#AEAB79 #79AEAB #AB79AE

tetradic

#AEAB79 #79AE90 #797CAE #AE7996

square

#AEAB79 #79AE90 #797CAE #AE7996

split-complementary

#AEAB79 #7996AE #9079AE

monochromatic

#6C6941 #928E58 #AEAB79 #C5C39F #DCDBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEAB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB79

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB79	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.068 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c3a0',
    500: '#aeab79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab79;
$custom-light: #c7c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73133,
    "c": 0.06778,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.39505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB79

secondary

#B7B8CC

accent

#6CC167

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB79

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

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