#ADA99D#ADA99D

#ADA99D is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.018 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA99D
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(45, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 9.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -0.72, 6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 6.74, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0005 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.018 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5067, 39.6948, 37.5777)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA99D #9DA1AD

analogous

#ADA19D #ADA99D #A9AD9D

triadic

#ADA99D #9DADA9 #A99DAD

tetradic

#ADA99D #9DADA1 #9DA1AD #AD9DA9

square

#ADA99D #9DADA1 #9DA1AD #AD9DA9

split-complementary

#ADA99D #9DA9AD #A19DAD

monochromatic

#716C5F #918C7C #ADA99D #C9C6BE #E5E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADA99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ADA99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA99D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA99D	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.018 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2b9',
    500: '#ada99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada99d;
$custom-light: #c5c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 8.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73469,
    "c": 0.01754,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA99D

secondary

#D0D2D6

accent

#639353

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA99D

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

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