#AEB596#AEB596

#AEB596 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.044 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB596
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(74, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -7.93, 15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 16.97, 117.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0203 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.044 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4838, 44.2485, 35.3090)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB596 #9D96B5

analogous

#B5AC96 #AEB596 #9FB596

triadic

#AEB596 #96AEB5 #B596AE

tetradic

#AEB596 #96B5AC #9D96B5 #B5969F

square

#AEB596 #96B5AC #9D96B5 #B5969F

split-complementary

#AEB596 #969FB5 #AC96B5

monochromatic

#727A56 #929C72 #AEB596 #CACEBA #E5E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#AEB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB596

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB596	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.044 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbb5',
    500: '#aeb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb596;
$custom-light: #c6cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.548,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75917,
    "c": 0.0436,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB596

secondary

#D1CED9

accent

#4A9C5C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB596

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

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