#ADA496#ADA496

#ADA496 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.022 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA496
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 13.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 0.81, 8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 8.47, 84.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0043 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.022 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0136, 37.6377, 34.2159)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA496 #969FAD

analogous

#AD9896 #ADA496 #AAAD96

triadic

#ADA496 #96ADA4 #A496AD

tetradic

#ADA496 #96AD98 #969FAD #AD96AA

square

#ADA496 #96AD98 #969FAD #AD96AA

split-complementary

#ADA496 #96AAAD #9896AD

monochromatic

#716758 #928674 #ADA496 #C8C2B8 #E3E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ADA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#ADA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA496

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA496	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.022 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5beb4',
    500: '#ada496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada496;
$custom-light: #c5beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 12.299,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.0224,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA496

secondary

#CBCFD3

accent

#6B964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA496

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

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