#AEB997#AEB997

#AEB997 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.049 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB997
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(79, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(79, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -9.87, 16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 18.80, 121.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0258 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.049 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3897, 45.9310, 36.0099)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB997 #A297B9

analogous

#B9B397 #AEB997 #9DB997

triadic

#AEB997 #97AEB9 #B997AE

tetradic

#AEB997 #97B9B3 #A297B9 #B9979D

square

#AEB997 #97B9B3 #A297B9 #B9979D

split-complementary

#AEB997 #979DB9 #B397B9

monochromatic

#728056 #92A072 #AEB997 #CAD2BC #E7EAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#AEB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB997

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB997	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.049 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ceb5',
    500: '#aeb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb997;
$custom-light: #c6ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.412,
    "s": 19.54,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76801,
    "c": 0.0485,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB997

secondary

#D4D0DC

accent

#489E64

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F6

border

#D1D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB997

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

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