#AEAE98#AEAE98

#AEAE98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.031 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE98
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 152)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -3.89, 11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 11.96, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.009 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.031 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2585, 41.5381, 35.7018)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE98 #9898AE

analogous

#AEA398 #AEAE98 #A3AE98

triadic

#AEAE98 #98AEAE #AE98AE

tetradic

#AEAE98 #98AEA3 #9898AE #AE98A3

square

#AEAE98 #98AEA3 #9898AE #AE98A3

split-complementary

#AEAE98 #98A3AE #A398AE

monochromatic

#72725A #939376 #AEAE98 #C9C9BA #E4E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEAE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AEAE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE98

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE98	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.031 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6b6',
    500: '#aeae98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae98;
$custom-light: #c6c6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74474,
    "c": 0.03067,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE98

secondary

#CDCDD5

accent

#4F964F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE98

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

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