#AEAE6E#AEAE6E

#AEAE6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.085 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE6E
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 110)
HSL	hsl(60, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -9.85, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 34.33, 106.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0267 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.085 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4065, 40.3972, 20.6811)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE6E #6E6EAE

analogous

#AE8E6E #AEAE6E #8EAE6E

triadic

#AEAE6E #6EAEAE #AE6EAE

tetradic

#AEAE6E #6EAE8E #6E6EAE #AE6E8E

square

#AEAE6E #6EAE8E #6E6EAE #AE6E8E

split-complementary

#AEAE6E #6E8EAE #8E6EAE

monochromatic

#68683A #8F8F50 #AEAE6E #C4C495 #DADABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#AEAE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE6E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE6E	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.085 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c698',
    500: '#aeae6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae6e;
$custom-light: #c7c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 28.319,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.08495,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE6E

secondary

#AFAFC9

accent

#63C563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE6E

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

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