#AEB8A5#AEB8A5

#AEB8A5 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.029 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8A5
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(92, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(92, 10%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -6.99, 8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 10.98, 129.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0184 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.029 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3865, 45.9961, 42.2878)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8A5 #AFA5B8

analogous

#B7B8A5 #AEB8A5 #A5B8A5

triadic

#AEB8A5 #A5AEB8 #B8A5AE

tetradic

#AEB8A5 #A5B7B8 #AFA5B8 #B8A5A5

square

#AEB8A5 #A5B7B8 #AFA5B8 #B8A5A5

split-complementary

#AEB8A5 #A5A5B8 #B8A5B7

monochromatic

#717F64 #8F9D83 #AEB8A5 #CDD3C7 #ECEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#AEB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8A5

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8A5	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.029 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdbf',
    500: '#aeb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8a5;
$custom-light: #c6cdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.579,
    "s": 11.801,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76937,
    "c": 0.02872,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8A5

secondary

#DDDADF

accent

#509675

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F7

border

#D1D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8A5

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

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