#AEAE9E#AEAE9E

#AEAE9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.022 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE9E
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -2.88, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 8.71, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0065 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.022 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7624, 41.7396, 38.3556)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE9E #9E9EAE

analogous

#AEA69E #AEAE9E #A6AE9E

triadic

#AEAE9E #9EAEAE #AE9EAE

tetradic

#AEAE9E #9EAEA6 #9E9EAE #AE9EA6

square

#AEAE9E #9EAEA6 #9E9EAE #AE9EA6

split-complementary

#AEAE9E #9EA6AE #A69EAE

monochromatic

#72725F #92927D #AEAE9E #CACABF #E6E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEAE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#AEAE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE9E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE9E	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AD9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.022 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6ba',
    500: '#aeae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae9e;
$custom-light: #c6c6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7463,
    "c": 0.0224,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE9E

secondary

#D1D1D7

accent

#539353

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE9E

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

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