#ADA985#ADA985

#ADA985 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.050 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA985
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(54, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 23%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 23.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -4.56, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 19.68, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0106 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.05 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6551, 38.9542, 27.8264)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA985 #8589AD

analogous

#AD9585 #ADA985 #9DAD85

triadic

#ADA985 #85ADA9 #A985AD

tetradic

#ADA985 #85AD95 #8589AD #AD859D

square

#ADA985 #85AD95 #8589AD #AD859D

split-complementary

#ADA985 #859DAD #9585AD

monochromatic

#6E6A4A #928E62 #ADA985 #C6C3AA #DEDDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADA985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#ADA985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA985

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA985	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.050 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2a8',
    500: '#ada985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada985;
$custom-light: #c5c2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 19.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.04984,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA985

secondary

#BFC1CF

accent

#74BC6C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA985

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

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