#AEAE99#AEAE99

#AEAE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.029 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE99
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -3.72, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 11.42, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0086 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.029 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3408, 41.5709, 36.1350)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE99 #9999AE

analogous

#AEA499 #AEAE99 #A4AE99

triadic

#AEAE99 #99AEAE #AE99AE

tetradic

#AEAE99 #99AEA4 #9999AE #AE99A4

square

#AEAE99 #99AEA4 #9999AE #AE99A4

split-complementary

#AEAE99 #99A4AE #A499AE

monochromatic

#72725B #939377 #AEAE99 #C9C9BB #E4E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AEAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE99

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE99	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	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)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.029 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6b7',
    500: '#aeae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae99;
$custom-light: #c6c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74499,
    "c": 0.0293,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE99

secondary

#CECED5

accent

#509650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE99

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

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