#ADA996#ADA996

#ADA996 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.027 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA996
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 13.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -1.91, 10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 10.50, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0034 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.027 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9261, 39.4626, 34.5200)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA996 #969AAD

analogous

#AD9D96 #ADA996 #A5AD96

triadic

#ADA996 #96ADA9 #A996AD

tetradic

#ADA996 #96AD9D #969AAD #AD96A5

square

#ADA996 #96AD9D #969AAD #AD96A5

split-complementary

#ADA996 #96A5AD #9D96AD

monochromatic

#716C58 #928D74 #ADA996 #C8C5B8 #E3E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ADA996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA996

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA996	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)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.027 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2b4',
    500: '#ada996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada996;
$custom-light: #c5c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 12.299,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73283,
    "c": 0.02702,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA996

secondary

#CBCDD3

accent

#5B964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA996

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

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