#AEAC96#AEAC96

#AEAC96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.031 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC96
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -3.15, 11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 12.01, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0068 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.031 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7126, 40.7061, 34.7186)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC96 #9698AE

analogous

#AEA096 #AEAC96 #A4AE96

triadic

#AEAC96 #96AEAC #AC96AE

tetradic

#AEAC96 #96AEA0 #9698AE #AE96A4

square

#AEAC96 #96AEA0 #9698AE #AE96A4

split-complementary

#AEAC96 #96A4AE #A096AE

monochromatic

#727058 #939173 #AEAC96 #C9C7B9 #E3E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEAC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#AEAC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC96

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC96	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.031 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4b4',
    500: '#aeac96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac96;
$custom-light: #c6c4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74,
    "c": 0.03078,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC96

secondary

#CCCCD4

accent

#55974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC96

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

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