#ADA599#ADA599

#ADA599 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.019 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA599
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 11.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 0.77, 7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 7.29, 83.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.004 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.019 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4379, 38.0949, 35.5643)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA599 #99A1AD

analogous

#AD9B99 #ADA599 #ABAD99

triadic

#ADA599 #99ADA5 #A599AD

tetradic

#ADA599 #99AD9B #99A1AD #AD99AB

square

#ADA599 #99AD9B #99A1AD #AD99AB

split-complementary

#ADA599 #99ABAD #9B99AD

monochromatic

#71685B #928777 #ADA599 #C8C3BB #E4E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADA599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#ADA599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA599

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA599	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.019 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfb7',
    500: '#ada599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada599;
$custom-light: #c5bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 10.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.01937,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA599

secondary

#CDD0D4

accent

#6C9551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA599

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

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