#ADA994#ADA994

#ADA994 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.030 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA994
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 148)
HSL	hsl(50, 13%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 14.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -2.24, 11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 11.58, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0042 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.03 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7664, 39.3987, 33.6791)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA994 #9498AD

analogous

#AD9C94 #ADA994 #A4AD94

triadic

#ADA994 #94ADA9 #A994AD

tetradic

#ADA994 #94AD9C #9498AD #AD94A4

square

#ADA994 #94AD9C #9498AD #AD94A4

split-complementary

#ADA994 #94A4AD #9C94AD

monochromatic

#706C56 #928D71 #ADA994 #C8C5B7 #E2E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ADA994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA994

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA994	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.030 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2b3',
    500: '#ada994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada994;
$custom-light: #c5c2b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 13.228,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73231,
    "c": 0.02974,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA994

secondary

#CACBD3

accent

#5A974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA994

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

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