#ADA797#ADA797

#ADA797 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.024 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA797
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 151)
HSL	hsl(44, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 12.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -0.66, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 9.07, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0001 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.024 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6377, 38.7565, 34.8228)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA797 #979DAD

analogous

#AD9C97 #ADA797 #A8AD97

triadic

#ADA797 #97ADA7 #A797AD

tetradic

#ADA797 #97AD9C #979DAD #AD97A8

square

#ADA797 #97AD9C #979DAD #AD97A8

split-complementary

#ADA797 #97A8AD #9C97AD

monochromatic

#716A59 #928A75 #ADA797 #C8C4B9 #E3E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADA797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#ADA797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA797

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA797	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.024 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1b5',
    500: '#ada797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada797;
$custom-light: #c5c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 11.828,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.02356,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA797

secondary

#CCCED4

accent

#639650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA797

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

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