#ADA686#ADA686

#ADA686 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.045 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA686
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 19%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 23%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 22.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -2.80, 17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 17.74, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0056 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.045 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1728, 37.8785, 28.0081)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA686 #868DAD

analogous

#AD9286 #ADA686 #A0AD86

triadic

#ADA686 #86ADA6 #A686AD

tetradic

#ADA686 #86AD92 #868DAD #AD86A0

square

#ADA686 #86AD92 #868DAD #AD86A0

split-complementary

#ADA686 #86A0AD #9286AD

monochromatic

#6E684B #938A63 #ADA686 #C6C1AA #DEDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADA686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ADA686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA686

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA686	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.045 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0a9',
    500: '#ada686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada686;
$custom-light: #c5c0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 19.212,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.04505,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA686

secondary

#C0C3CF

accent

#579E48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA686

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

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