#ADAA8A#ADAA8A

#ADAA8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.044 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA8A
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 20.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -4.35, 16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 17.47, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.01 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.044 103)
XYZ	xyz(36.1956, 39.4692, 29.7514)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA8A #8A8DAD

analogous

#AD988A #ADAA8A #9EAD8A

triadic

#ADAA8A #8AADAA #AA8AAD

tetradic

#ADAA8A #8AAD98 #8A8DAD #AD8A9E

square

#ADAA8A #8AAD98 #8A8DAD #AD8A9E

split-complementary

#ADAA8A #8A9EAD #988AAD

monochromatic

#6F6C4E #938F67 #ADAA8A #C6C4AE #DFDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADAA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ADAA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA8A

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA8A	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)

#B0A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.044 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3ac',
    500: '#adaa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa8a;
$custom-light: #c5c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.04443,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.39469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA8A

secondary

#C3C4D0

accent

#519C4A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA8A

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

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