#AEAD99#AEAD99

#AEAD99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.028 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD99
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -3.19, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 10.89, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0071 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.028 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1483, 41.1860, 36.0708)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD99 #999AAE

analogous

#AEA399 #AEAD99 #A5AE99

triadic

#AEAD99 #99AEAD #AD99AE

tetradic

#AEAD99 #99AEA3 #999AAE #AE99A5

square

#AEAD99 #99AEA3 #999AAE #AE99A5

split-complementary

#AEAD99 #99A5AE #A399AE

monochromatic

#72715B #939277 #AEAD99 #C9C8BB #E4E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEAD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AEAD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD99

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD99	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.028 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c5b7',
    500: '#aead99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead99;
$custom-light: #c6c5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74288,
    "c": 0.02796,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD99

secondary

#CECED5

accent

#539650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD99

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

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