#ADA596#ADA596

#ADA596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.023 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA596
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(39, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 13.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 0.26, 8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 8.81, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0027 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.023 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1933, 37.9970, 34.2757)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA596 #969EAD

analogous

#AD9996 #ADA596 #A9AD96

triadic

#ADA596 #96ADA5 #A596AD

tetradic

#ADA596 #96AD99 #969EAD #AD96A9

square

#ADA596 #96AD99 #969EAD #AD96A9

split-complementary

#ADA596 #96A9AD #9996AD

monochromatic

#716858 #928874 #ADA596 #C8C2B8 #E3E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ADA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA596

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA596	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.023 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfb4',
    500: '#ada596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada596;
$custom-light: #c5bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 12.299,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72443,
    "c": 0.02312,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA596

secondary

#CBCED3

accent

#68964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA596

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

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