#ADA799#ADA799

#ADA799 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.021 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA799
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 11.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -0.32, 8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 8.01, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0009 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.021 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8015, 38.8220, 35.6855)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA799 #999FAD

analogous

#AD9D99 #ADA799 #A9AD99

triadic

#ADA799 #99ADA7 #A799AD

tetradic

#ADA799 #99AD9D #999FAD #AD99A9

square

#ADA799 #99AD9D #999FAD #AD99A9

split-complementary

#ADA799 #99A9AD #9D99AD

monochromatic

#716A5B #928A77 #ADA799 #C8C4BB #E4E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADA799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ADA799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA799

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA799	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.021 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1b7',
    500: '#ada799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada799;
$custom-light: #c5c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 10.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72941,
    "c": 0.02093,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA799

secondary

#CDCFD4

accent

#659551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA799

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

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