#ADAA8B#ADAA8B

#ADAA8B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.043 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA8B
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 139)
HSL	hsl(55, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 19.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -4.20, 16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 16.93, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0096 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.043 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2683, 39.4982, 30.1344)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA8B #8B8EAD

analogous

#AD998B #ADAA8B #9FAD8B

triadic

#ADAA8B #8BADAA #AA8BAD

tetradic

#ADAA8B #8BAD99 #8B8EAD #AD8B9F

square

#ADAA8B #8BAD99 #8B8EAD #AD8B9F

split-complementary

#ADAA8B #8B9FAD #998BAD

monochromatic

#6F6C4F #938F68 #ADAA8B #C6C4AF #E0DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADAA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ADAA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA8B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA8B	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)

#B0A889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.043 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3ad',
    500: '#adaa8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa8b;
$custom-light: #c5c3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 17.172,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73223,
    "c": 0.0431,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA8B

secondary

#C4C5D0

accent

#519B4A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA8B

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

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