#AEAE96#AEAE96

#AEAE96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.033 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE96
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -4.22, 12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 13.05, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0099 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.033 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0961, 41.4731, 34.8464)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE96 #9696AE

analogous

#AEA296 #AEAE96 #A2AE96

triadic

#AEAE96 #96AEAE #AE96AE

tetradic

#AEAE96 #96AEA2 #9696AE #AE96A2

square

#AEAE96 #96AEA2 #9696AE #AE96A2

split-complementary

#AEAE96 #96A2AE #A296AE

monochromatic

#727258 #939373 #AEAE96 #C9C9B9 #E3E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AEAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE96

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE96	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.033 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6b4',
    500: '#aeae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae96;
$custom-light: #c6c6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74423,
    "c": 0.03341,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE96

secondary

#CCCCD4

accent

#4E974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE96

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

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