#AEAB97#AEAB97

#AEAB97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.028 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB97
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -2.44, 10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 10.97, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0049 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.028 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6039, 40.3592, 35.0813)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB97 #979AAE

analogous

#AE9F97 #AEAB97 #A5AE97

triadic

#AEAB97 #97AEAB #AB97AE

tetradic

#AEAB97 #97AE9F #979AAE #AE97A5

square

#AEAB97 #97AE9F #979AAE #AE97A5

split-complementary

#AEAB97 #97A5AE #9F97AE

monochromatic

#726F59 #938F75 #AEAB97 #C9C7B9 #E4E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AEAB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB97

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB97	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.028 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4b5',
    500: '#aeab97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab97;
$custom-light: #c6c4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73814,
    "c": 0.02817,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB97

secondary

#CCCDD4

accent

#58974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB97

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

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