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#AEB09B Color

#AEB09B is rgb(174, 176, 155) in RGB, hsl(66, 12%, 65%) in HSL, and about cmyk(1%, 0%, 12%, 31%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Greige (#BEB7A4), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.98. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AEB09B
HEX#AEB09B
RGBrgb(174, 176, 155)
HSLhsl(66, 12%, 65%)
HSVhsv(66, 12%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 0%, 12%, 31%)
OKLCHoklch(75% 0.029 111.5)
LABlab(71.23% -3.52 10.55)
LCHlch(71.23% 11.12 108.45)

What #AEB09B Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AEB09B, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#AEB09B Channel Values

How #AEB09B breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 174 · G 176 · B 1558-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 66° · S 12% · L 65%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 66° · S 12% · V 69%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 1% · M 0% · Y 12% · K 31%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.21:1 vs white · 9.48:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AEB09B background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.21:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text9.48:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #AEB09B

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AEB09B; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #AEB09B

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AEB09B.

How #AEB09B Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AEB09B
Protanopia#B0B09B
Protanomaly#AFB09B
Deuteranopia#AFAF9B
Deuteranomaly#AFB09B
Tritanopia#B0AEAE
Tritanomaly#AFAFA6
Achromatopsia#AEAEAE

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AEB09B in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-aeb09b: #AEB09B;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AEB09B;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aeb09b': '#AEB09B' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.682, green: 0.690, blue: 0.608)
Android XML<color name="color_aeb09b">#AEB09B</color>
SVG fillfill="#AEB09B"

More Green Colors

#AEB09B sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AEB09B Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AEB09B?

#AEB09B is a light green — rgb(174, 176, 155) in RGB and hsl(66, 12%, 65%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Greige (#BEB7A4), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.98.

What is the RGB value of #AEB09B?

#AEB09B is rgb(174, 176, 155) — red 174, green 176, and blue 155 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AEB09B?

#AEB09B converts to approximately cmyk(1%, 0%, 12%, 31%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AEB09B be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AEB09B scores 2.21:1 against white and 9.48:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AEB09B as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AEB09B is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkgray (#A9A9A9) at a CIE76 distance of 11.3, which is visibly different.

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