#AEAC99#AEAC99

#AEAC99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.027 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC99
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -2.65, 10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 10.38, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0056 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.027 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9573, 40.8039, 36.0072)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC99 #999BAE

analogous

#AEA299 #AEAC99 #A6AE99

triadic

#AEAC99 #99AEAC #AC99AE

tetradic

#AEAC99 #99AEA2 #999BAE #AE99A6

square

#AEAC99 #99AEA2 #999BAE #AE99A6

split-complementary

#AEAC99 #99A6AE #A299AE

monochromatic

#72705B #939077 #AEAC99 #C9C8BB #E4E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEAC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#AEAC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC99

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC99	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.027 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4b7',
    500: '#aeac99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac99;
$custom-light: #c6c4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74077,
    "c": 0.02667,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC99

secondary

#CECED5

accent

#579650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC99

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

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