#ADA99C#ADA99C

#ADA99C is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.019 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA99C
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 156)
HSL	hsl(46, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 9.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -0.89, 7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 7.27, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0009 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.019 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4216, 39.6608, 37.1299)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA99C #9CA0AD

analogous

#ADA19C #ADA99C #A9AD9C

triadic

#ADA99C #9CADA9 #A99CAD

tetradic

#ADA99C #9CADA1 #9CA0AD #AD9CA9

square

#ADA99C #9CADA1 #9CA0AD #AD9CA9

split-complementary

#ADA99C #9CA9AD #A19CAD

monochromatic

#716C5E #918C7B #ADA99C #C9C6BD #E4E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADA99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#ADA99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA99C

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA99C	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.019 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2b9',
    500: '#ada99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada99c;
$custom-light: #c5c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 9.392,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.01889,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA99C

secondary

#CFD1D5

accent

#619352

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA99C

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

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