#ADA89C#ADA89C

#ADA89C is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.018 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA89C
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 156)
HSL	hsl(42, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 9.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -0.35, 6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 6.84, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0006 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.018 88)
XYZ	xyz(37.2363, 39.2901, 37.0682)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA89C #9CA1AD

analogous

#ADA09C #ADA89C #AAAD9C

triadic

#ADA89C #9CADA8 #A89CAD

tetradic

#ADA89C #9CADA0 #9CA1AD #AD9CAA

square

#ADA89C #9CADA0 #9CA1AD #AD9CAA

split-complementary

#ADA89C #9CAAAD #A09CAD

monochromatic

#716B5E #918B7B #ADA89C #C9C5BD #E4E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADA89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ADA89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA89C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA89C	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.018 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1b9',
    500: '#ada89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada89c;
$custom-light: #c5c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 9.392,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.0179,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.3929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA89C

secondary

#CFD1D5

accent

#659352

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA89C

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

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