#AEAB8A#AEAB8A

#AEAB8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.046 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB8A
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -4.50, 17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 18.00, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0104 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.046 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6057, 39.9600, 29.8245)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB8A #8A8DAE

analogous

#AE998A #AEAB8A #9FAE8A

triadic

#AEAB8A #8AAEAB #AB8AAE

tetradic

#AEAB8A #8AAE99 #8A8DAE #AE8A9F

square

#AEAB8A #8AAE99 #8A8DAE #AE8A9F

split-complementary

#AEAB8A #8A9FAE #998AAE

monochromatic

#706D4E #949067 #AEAB8A #C7C5AE #E0DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AEAB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB8A

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB8A	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.046 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4ac',
    500: '#aeab8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab8a;
$custom-light: #c6c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73497,
    "c": 0.04573,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB8A

secondary

#C3C4D1

accent

#509C49

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB8A

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

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