#AEAE87#AEAE87

#AEAE87 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.054 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE87
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 22%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -6.54, 20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 21.13, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0162 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.054 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9646, 41.0205, 28.8874)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE87 #8787AE

analogous

#AE9A87 #AEAE87 #9AAE87

triadic

#AEAE87 #87AEAE #AE87AE

tetradic

#AEAE87 #87AE9A #8787AE #AE879A

square

#AEAE87 #87AE9A #8787AE #AE879A

split-complementary

#AEAE87 #879AAE #9A87AE

monochromatic

#6F6F4B #949464 #AEAE87 #C7C7AC #DFDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEAE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#AEAE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE87

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE87	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.054 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6aa',
    500: '#aeae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae87;
$custom-light: #c6c6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7407,
    "c": 0.05355,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE87

secondary

#C1C1D0

accent

#489E48

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE87

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

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