#AEB38B#AEB38B

#AEB38B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.055 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB38B
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 139)
HSL	hsl(68, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 22.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -8.59, 19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 21.67, 113.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.022 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.055 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2356, 43.1032, 30.7266)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB38B #908BB3

analogous

#B3A48B #AEB38B #9AB38B

triadic

#AEB38B #8BAEB3 #B38BAE

tetradic

#AEB38B #8BB3A4 #908BB3 #B38B9A

square

#AEB38B #8BB3A4 #908BB3 #B38B9A

split-complementary

#AEB38B #8B9AB3 #A48BB3

monochromatic

#71764D #949B66 #AEB38B #C8CBB0 #E2E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#AEB38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB38B

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB38B	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.055 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9ad',
    500: '#aeb38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb38b;
$custom-light: #c6c9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 20.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75232,
    "c": 0.05517,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB38B

secondary

#C7C6D4

accent

#469F51

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB38B

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

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