#AEAC9C#AEAC9C

#AEAC9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.023 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC9C
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -2.14, 8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 8.75, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0043 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.023 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2082, 40.9043, 37.3285)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC9C #9C9EAE

analogous

#AEA39C #AEAC9C #A7AE9C

triadic

#AEAC9C #9CAEAC #AC9CAE

tetradic

#AEAC9C #9CAEA3 #9C9EAE #AE9CA7

square

#AEAC9C #9CAEA3 #9C9EAE #AE9CA7

split-complementary

#AEAC9C #9CA7AE #A39CAE

monochromatic

#72705D #92907A #AEAC9C #CAC8BE #E5E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEAC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#AEAC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC9C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC9C	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.023 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4b9',
    500: '#aeac9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac9c;
$custom-light: #c6c4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74156,
    "c": 0.02254,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC9C

secondary

#D0D0D6

accent

#599451

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC9C

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

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