#ADAA96#ADAA96

#ADAA96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.028 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA96
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 13.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -2.45, 10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 10.98, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0049 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.028 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.1128, 39.8361, 34.5823)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA96 #9699AD

analogous

#AD9E96 #ADAA96 #A4AD96

triadic

#ADAA96 #96ADAA #AA96AD

tetradic

#ADAA96 #96AD9E #9699AD #AD96A4

square

#ADAA96 #96AD9E #9699AD #AD96A4

split-complementary

#ADAA96 #96A4AD #9E96AD

monochromatic

#716D58 #928E74 #ADAA96 #C8C6B8 #E3E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADAA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#ADAA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA96

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA96	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.028 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3b4',
    500: '#adaa96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa96;
$custom-light: #c5c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 12.299,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73493,
    "c": 0.0282,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.39836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA96

secondary

#CBCCD3

accent

#58964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA96

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

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