#ADA998#ADA998

#ADA998 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.024 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA998
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 12.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -1.57, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 9.42, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0026 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.024 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0885, 39.5275, 35.3754)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA998 #989CAD

analogous

#AD9E98 #ADA998 #A6AD98

triadic

#ADA998 #98ADA9 #A998AD

tetradic

#ADA998 #98AD9E #989CAD #AD98A6

square

#ADA998 #98AD9E #989CAD #AD98A6

split-complementary

#ADA998 #98A6AD #9E98AD

monochromatic

#716C5A #928D76 #ADA998 #C8C5BA #E3E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#ADA998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA998

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA998	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.024 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2b6',
    500: '#ada998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada998;
$custom-light: #c5c2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 11.351,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.02431,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA998

secondary

#CDCED4

accent

#5D9550

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA998

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

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