#AEAD97#AEAD97

#AEAD97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.031 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD97
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -3.52, 11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 11.98, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0079 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.031 105)
XYZ	xyz(37.9845, 41.1205, 35.2082)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD97 #9798AE

analogous

#AEA197 #AEAD97 #A3AE97

triadic

#AEAD97 #97AEAD #AD97AE

tetradic

#AEAD97 #97AEA1 #9798AE #AE97A3

square

#AEAD97 #97AEA1 #9798AE #AE97A3

split-complementary

#AEAD97 #97A3AE #A197AE

monochromatic

#727159 #939275 #AEAD97 #C9C8B9 #E4E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEAD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AEAD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD97

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD97	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.031 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c5b5',
    500: '#aead97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead97;
$custom-light: #c6c5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74237,
    "c": 0.0307,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.4112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD97

secondary

#CCCDD4

accent

#52974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD97

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

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