#ADA995#ADA995

#ADA995 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.028 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA995
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 149)
HSL	hsl(50, 13%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 13.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -2.07, 10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 11.04, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0038 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.028 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8459, 39.4305, 34.0977)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA995 #9599AD

analogous

#AD9D95 #ADA995 #A5AD95

triadic

#ADA995 #95ADA9 #A995AD

tetradic

#ADA995 #95AD9D #9599AD #AD95A5

square

#ADA995 #95AD9D #9599AD #AD95A5

split-complementary

#ADA995 #95A5AD #9D95AD

monochromatic

#716C57 #928D72 #ADA995 #C8C5B8 #E2E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ADA995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA995

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA995	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.028 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2b4',
    500: '#ada995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada995;
$custom-light: #c5c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 12.766,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73257,
    "c": 0.02838,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA995

secondary

#CBCCD3

accent

#5B974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA995

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

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