#ADA696#ADA696

#ADA696 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.024 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA696
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(42, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 13.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -0.28, 9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 9.19, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0012 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.024 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3744, 38.3591, 34.3361)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA696 #969DAD

analogous

#AD9A96 #ADA696 #A8AD96

triadic

#ADA696 #96ADA6 #A696AD

tetradic

#ADA696 #96AD9A #969DAD #AD96A8

square

#ADA696 #96AD9A #969DAD #AD96A8

split-complementary

#ADA696 #96A8AD #9A96AD

monochromatic

#716958 #928974 #ADA696 #C8C3B8 #E3E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADA696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#ADA696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA696

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA696	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.024 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0b4',
    500: '#ada696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada696;
$custom-light: #c5c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 12.299,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.02395,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA696

secondary

#CBCED3

accent

#65964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA696

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

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