#AEB396#AEB396

#AEB396 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.041 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB396
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(70, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(70, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 16.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -6.88, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 15.81, 115.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0173 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.041 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0801, 43.4410, 35.1744)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB396 #9B96B3

analogous

#B3AA96 #AEB396 #A0B396

triadic

#AEB396 #96AEB3 #B396AE

tetradic

#AEB396 #96B3AA #9B96B3 #B396A0

square

#AEB396 #96B3AA #9B96B3 #B396A0

split-complementary

#AEB396 #96A0B3 #AA96B3

monochromatic

#727857 #939972 #AEB396 #C9CDBA #E5E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEB396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#AEB396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB396

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB396	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.041 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9b5',
    500: '#aeb396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb396;
$custom-light: #c6c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.345,
    "s": 16.022,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75488,
    "c": 0.04058,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB396

secondary

#CFCDD7

accent

#4B9A59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB396

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

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