#AEB38E#AEB38E

#AEB38E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.051 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB38E
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(68, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 20.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -8.14, 18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 20.08, 113.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0207 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.051 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4578, 43.1921, 31.8969)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB38E #938EB3

analogous

#B3A58E #AEB38E #9BB38E

triadic

#AEB38E #8EAEB3 #B38EAE

tetradic

#AEB38E #8EB3A5 #938EB3 #B38E9B

square

#AEB38E #8EB3A5 #938EB3 #B38E9B

split-complementary

#AEB38E #8E9BB3 #A58EB3

monochromatic

#717750 #949A69 #AEB38E #C8CCB3 #E2E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#AEB38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB38E

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB38E	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.051 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9af',
    500: '#aeb38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb38e;
$custom-light: #c6c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 19.577,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.753,
    "c": 0.05123,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB38E

secondary

#CAC8D5

accent

#489E53

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB38E

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

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