#ADA896#ADA896

#ADA896 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.026 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA896
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 13.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -1.37, 9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 10.04, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0019 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.026 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7407, 39.0919, 34.4582)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA896 #969BAD

analogous

#AD9C96 #ADA896 #A6AD96

triadic

#ADA896 #96ADA8 #A896AD

tetradic

#ADA896 #96AD9C #969BAD #AD96A6

square

#ADA896 #96AD9C #969BAD #AD96A6

split-complementary

#ADA896 #96A6AD #9C96AD

monochromatic

#716B58 #928C74 #ADA896 #C8C4B8 #E3E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ADA896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ADA896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA896

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA896	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.026 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1b4',
    500: '#ada896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada896;
$custom-light: #c5c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 12.299,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73072,
    "c": 0.02592,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA896

secondary

#CBCDD3

accent

#5F964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA896

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

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