#AEAC8E#AEAC8E

#AEAC8E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.042 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC8E
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -4.42, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 16.34, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0102 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.042 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0903, 40.4571, 31.4410)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC8E #8E90AE

analogous

#AE9C8E #AEAC8E #A0AE8E

triadic

#AEAC8E #8EAEAC #AC8EAE

tetradic

#AEAC8E #8EAE9C #8E90AE #AE8EA0

square

#AEAC8E #8EAE9C #8E90AE #AE8EA0

split-complementary

#AEAC8E #8EA0AE #9C8EAE

monochromatic

#716F51 #94926A #AEAC8E #C8C6B2 #E1E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AEAC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC8E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC8E	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AA8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.042 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4af',
    500: '#aeac8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac8e;
$custom-light: #c6c4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.04163,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC8E

secondary

#C6C7D2

accent

#509B4B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC8E

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

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