#AEB196#AEB196

#AEB196 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.038 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB196
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(67, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 15%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -5.82, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 14.68, 113.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0144 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.038 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6822, 42.6452, 35.0418)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB196 #9996B1

analogous

#B1A796 #AEB196 #A1B196

triadic

#AEB196 #96AEB1 #B196AE

tetradic

#AEB196 #96B1A7 #9996B1 #B196A1

square

#AEB196 #96B1A7 #9996B1 #B196A1

split-complementary

#AEB196 #96A1B1 #A796B1

monochromatic

#727557 #939773 #AEB196 #C9CBB9 #E4E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEB196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#AEB196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB196

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB196	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.038 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c8b5',
    500: '#aeb196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb196;
$custom-light: #c6c8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75061,
    "c": 0.03763,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB196

secondary

#CECDD6

accent

#4D9955

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB196

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

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