#AEAE9A#AEAE9A

#AEAE9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.028 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE9A
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -3.56, 10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 10.88, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0082 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.028 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4237, 41.6041, 36.5718)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE9A #9A9AAE

analogous

#AEA49A #AEAE9A #A4AE9A

triadic

#AEAE9A #9AAEAE #AE9AAE

tetradic

#AEAE9A #9AAEA4 #9A9AAE #AE9AA4

square

#AEAE9A #9AAEA4 #9A9AAE #AE9AA4

split-complementary

#AEAE9A #9AA4AE #A49AAE

monochromatic

#72725C #939378 #AEAE9A #C9C9BC #E4E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEAE9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#AEAE9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE9A

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE9A	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.028 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6b7',
    500: '#aeae9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae9a;
$custom-light: #c6c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74525,
    "c": 0.02793,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE9A

secondary

#CECED5

accent

#509550

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE9A

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

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