#ADAA97#ADAA97

#ADAA97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.027 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA97
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 12.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -2.28, 10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 10.44, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0045 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.027 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1937, 39.8684, 35.0081)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA97 #979AAD

analogous

#AD9F97 #ADAA97 #A5AD97

triadic

#ADAA97 #97ADAA #AA97AD

tetradic

#ADAA97 #97AD9F #979AAD #AD97A5

square

#ADAA97 #97AD9F #979AAD #AD97A5

split-complementary

#ADAA97 #97A5AD #9F97AD

monochromatic

#716D59 #928E75 #ADAA97 #C8C6B9 #E3E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADAA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#ADAA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA97

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA97	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)

#AEA996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.027 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3b5',
    500: '#adaa97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa97;
$custom-light: #c5c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 11.828,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73519,
    "c": 0.02684,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA97

secondary

#CCCDD4

accent

#599650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA97

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

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