#ADA997#ADA997

#ADA997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.026 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA997
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 12.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -1.74, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 9.96, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.003 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.026 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0069, 39.4949, 34.9459)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA997 #979BAD

analogous

#AD9E97 #ADA997 #A6AD97

triadic

#ADA997 #97ADA9 #A997AD

tetradic

#ADA997 #97AD9E #979BAD #AD97A6

square

#ADA997 #97AD9E #979BAD #AD97A6

split-complementary

#ADA997 #97A6AD #9E97AD

monochromatic

#716C59 #928D75 #ADA997 #C8C5B9 #E3E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ADA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA997

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA997	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.026 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2b5',
    500: '#ada997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada997;
$custom-light: #c5c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 11.828,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73309,
    "c": 0.02566,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA997

secondary

#CCCDD4

accent

#5C9650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA997

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

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