#AEAC8A#AEAC8A

#AEAC8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.047 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC8A
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 138)
HSL	hsl(57, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -5.03, 17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 18.50, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0119 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.047 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7953, 40.3392, 29.8877)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC8A #8A8CAE

analogous

#AE9A8A #AEAC8A #9EAE8A

triadic

#AEAC8A #8AAEAC #AC8AAE

tetradic

#AEAC8A #8AAE9A #8A8CAE #AE8A9E

square

#AEAC8A #8AAE9A #8A8CAE #AE8A9E

split-complementary

#AEAC8A #8A9EAE #9A8AAE

monochromatic

#706E4E #949267 #AEAC8A #C7C6AE #E0DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEAC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AEAC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC8A

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC8A	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B2A988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.047 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4ac',
    500: '#aeac8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac8a;
$custom-light: #c6c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7371,
    "c": 0.04698,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC8A

secondary

#C3C4D1

accent

#4E9C49

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC8A

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

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