#ADAA99#ADAA99

#ADAA99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.024 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA99
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 11.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -1.95, 9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 9.35, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0037 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.024 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3575, 39.9339, 35.8708)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA99 #999CAD

analogous

#ADA099 #ADAA99 #A6AD99

triadic

#ADAA99 #99ADAA #AA99AD

tetradic

#ADAA99 #99ADA0 #999CAD #AD99A6

square

#ADAA99 #99ADA0 #999CAD #AD99A6

split-complementary

#ADAA99 #99A6AD #A099AD

monochromatic

#716E5B #928E77 #ADAA99 #C8C6BB #E4E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADAA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#ADAA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA99

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA99	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.024 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3b7',
    500: '#adaa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa99;
$custom-light: #c5c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 10.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73572,
    "c": 0.0241,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA99

secondary

#CDCED4

accent

#5B9551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA99

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

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