#AEAE97#AEAE97

#AEAE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.032 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE97
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -4.05, 11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 12.50, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0094 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.032 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1770, 41.5054, 35.2723)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE97 #9797AE

analogous

#AEA297 #AEAE97 #A2AE97

triadic

#AEAE97 #97AEAE #AE97AE

tetradic

#AEAE97 #97AEA2 #9797AE #AE97A2

square

#AEAE97 #97AEA2 #9797AE #AE97A2

split-complementary

#AEAE97 #97A2AE #A297AE

monochromatic

#727259 #939375 #AEAE97 #C9C9B9 #E4E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEAE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#AEAE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE97

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE97	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.032 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6b5',
    500: '#aeae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae97;
$custom-light: #c6c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.03205,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE97

secondary

#CCCCD4

accent

#4F974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE97

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

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