#AEB299#AEB299

#AEB299 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.035 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB299
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(70, 14%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 14%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -5.86, 12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 13.64, 115.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0146 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.035 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1251, 43.1395, 36.3964)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB299 #9D99B2

analogous

#B2A999 #AEB299 #A2B299

triadic

#AEB299 #99AEB2 #B299AE

tetradic

#AEB299 #99B2A9 #9D99B2 #B299A2

square

#AEB299 #99B2A9 #9D99B2 #B299A2

split-complementary

#AEB299 #99A2B2 #A999B2

monochromatic

#72775A #929876 #AEB299 #CACCBC #E5E7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#AEB299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB299

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB299	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.035 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9b7',
    500: '#aeb299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb299;
$custom-light: #c6c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 13.966,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75349,
    "c": 0.03504,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB299

secondary

#D1CFD8

accent

#4D9859

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB299

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

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