#ADA697#ADA697

#ADA697 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.023 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA697
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(41, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(41, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 12.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -0.12, 8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 8.67, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0016 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.023 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4552, 38.3915, 34.7620)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA697 #979EAD

analogous

#AD9B97 #ADA697 #A9AD97

triadic

#ADA697 #97ADA6 #A697AD

tetradic

#ADA697 #97AD9B #979EAD #AD97A9

square

#ADA697 #97AD9B #979EAD #AD97A9

split-complementary

#ADA697 #97A9AD #9B97AD

monochromatic

#716959 #928975 #ADA697 #C8C3B9 #E3E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADA697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ADA697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA697

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA697	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.023 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0b5',
    500: '#ada697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada697;
$custom-light: #c5c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 11.828,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.02265,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA697

secondary

#CCCED4

accent

#669650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA697

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

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