#ADAA98#ADAA98

#ADAA98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.025 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA98
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 12.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -2.11, 9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 9.90, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0041 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.025 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2752, 39.9010, 35.4377)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA98 #989BAD

analogous

#AD9F98 #ADAA98 #A5AD98

triadic

#ADAA98 #98ADAA #AA98AD

tetradic

#ADAA98 #98AD9F #989BAD #AD98A5

square

#ADAA98 #98AD9F #989BAD #AD98A5

split-complementary

#ADAA98 #98A5AD #9F98AD

monochromatic

#716E5A #928E76 #ADAA98 #C8C6BA #E3E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADAA98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#ADAA98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA98

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA98	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.025 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3b6',
    500: '#adaa98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa98;
$custom-light: #c5c3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 11.351,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73545,
    "c": 0.02547,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA98

secondary

#CDCED4

accent

#5A9550

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA98

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

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