#AEB496#AEB496

#AEB496 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.042 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB496
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(72, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(72, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -7.41, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 16.39, 116.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0188 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.042 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2812, 43.8433, 35.2415)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB496 #9C96B4

analogous

#B4AB96 #AEB496 #9FB496

triadic

#AEB496 #96AEB4 #B496AE

tetradic

#AEB496 #96B4AB #9C96B4 #B4969F

square

#AEB496 #96B4AB #9C96B4 #B4969F

split-complementary

#AEB496 #969FB4 #AB96B4

monochromatic

#727956 #929B72 #AEB496 #CACEBA #E5E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AEB496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#AEB496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB496

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB496	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.042 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cab5',
    500: '#aeb496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb496;
$custom-light: #c6cab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75702,
    "c": 0.04207,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB496

secondary

#D0CED8

accent

#4B9B5B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB496

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

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