#AEAB99#AEAB99

#AEAB99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.025 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB99
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -2.11, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 9.88, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0041 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.025 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7677, 40.4247, 35.9439)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB99 #999CAE

analogous

#AEA199 #AEAB99 #A7AE99

triadic

#AEAB99 #99AEAB #AB99AE

tetradic

#AEAB99 #99AEA1 #999CAE #AE99A7

square

#AEAB99 #99AEA1 #999CAE #AE99A7

split-complementary

#AEAB99 #99A7AE #A199AE

monochromatic

#726F5B #938F77 #AEAB99 #C9C7BB #E4E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#AEAB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB99

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB99	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.025 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4b7',
    500: '#aeab99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab99;
$custom-light: #c6c4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73866,
    "c": 0.02544,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB99

secondary

#CECFD5

accent

#5A9650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB99

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

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