#AEAC9A#AEAC9A

#AEAC9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.025 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC9A
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 154)
HSL	hsl(54, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 11.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -2.48, 9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 9.84, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0052 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.025 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0402, 40.8371, 36.4440)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC9A #9A9CAE

analogous

#AEA29A #AEAC9A #A6AE9A

triadic

#AEAC9A #9AAEAC #AC9AAE

tetradic

#AEAC9A #9AAEA2 #9A9CAE #AE9AA6

square

#AEAC9A #9AAEA2 #9A9CAE #AE9AA6

split-complementary

#AEAC9A #9AA6AE #A29AAE

monochromatic

#72705C #939078 #AEAC9A #C9C8BC #E4E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEAC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AEAC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC9A

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC9A	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.025 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4b7',
    500: '#aeac9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac9a;
$custom-light: #c6c4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74103,
    "c": 0.0253,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC9A

secondary

#CECFD5

accent

#579550

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC9A

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

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