#AEAB8B#AEAB8B

#AEAB8B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.044 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB8B
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 139)
HSL	hsl(55, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 20.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -4.35, 16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 17.46, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.01 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.044 103)
XYZ	xyz(36.6785, 39.9891, 30.2075)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB8B #8B8EAE

analogous

#AE9A8B #AEAB8B #A0AE8B

triadic

#AEAB8B #8BAEAB #AB8BAE

tetradic

#AEAB8B #8BAE9A #8B8EAE #AE8BA0

square

#AEAB8B #8BAE9A #8B8EAE #AE8BA0

split-complementary

#AEAB8B #8BA0AE #9A8BAE

monochromatic

#706D4E #949068 #AEAB8B #C7C5AF #E0DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEAB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AEAB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB8B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB8B	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.044 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4ad',
    500: '#aeab8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab8b;
$custom-light: #c6c4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 17.766,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7352,
    "c": 0.0444,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.39989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB8B

secondary

#C4C5D1

accent

#519C49

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB8B

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

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