#ADA990#ADA990

#ADA990 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.035 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA990
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 144)
HSL	hsl(52, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 17%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 16.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -2.88, 13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 13.74, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0059 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.035 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4553, 39.2742, 32.0404)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA990 #9094AD

analogous

#AD9B90 #ADA990 #A3AD90

triadic

#ADA990 #90ADA9 #A990AD

tetradic

#ADA990 #90AD9B #9094AD #AD90A3

square

#ADA990 #90AD9B #9094AD #AD90A3

split-complementary

#ADA990 #90A3AD #9B90AD

monochromatic

#706C53 #938E6D #ADA990 #C7C4B3 #E1E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADA990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ADA990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA990

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA990	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.035 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2b0',
    500: '#ada990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada990;
$custom-light: #c5c2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 15.026,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.03515,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA990

secondary

#C7C9D2

accent

#57994C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA990

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

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