#AEAE8A#AEAE8A

#AEAE8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.050 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE8A
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -6.10, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 19.52, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0149 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.05 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1788, 41.1062, 30.0155)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE8A #8A8AAE

analogous

#AE9C8A #AEAE8A #9CAE8A

triadic

#AEAE8A #8AAEAE #AE8AAE

tetradic

#AEAE8A #8AAE9C #8A8AAE #AE8A9C

square

#AEAE8A #8AAE9C #8A8AAE #AE8A9C

split-complementary

#AEAE8A #8A9CAE #9C8AAE

monochromatic

#70704E #949467 #AEAE8A #C7C7AE #E0E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEAE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AEAE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE8A

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE8A	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)

#B4AB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.050 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6ac',
    500: '#aeae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae8a;
$custom-light: #c6c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.04958,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE8A

secondary

#C3C3D1

accent

#499C49

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE8A

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

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