#ADB596#ADB596

#ADB596 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.044 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB596
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(75, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(75, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -8.31, 14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 17.04, 119.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0214 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.044 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2618, 44.1341, 35.2986)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB596 #9E96B5

analogous

#B5AD96 #ADB596 #9EB596

triadic

#ADB596 #96ADB5 #B596AD

tetradic

#ADB596 #96B5AD #9E96B5 #B5969E

square

#ADB596 #96B5AD #9E96B5 #B5969E

split-complementary

#ADB596 #969EB5 #AD96B5

monochromatic

#717A56 #919C72 #ADB596 #C9CEBA #E5E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#ADB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#ADB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB596

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB596	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.044 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cbb5',
    500: '#adb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb596;
$custom-light: #c5cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.484,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75837,
    "c": 0.04385,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB596

secondary

#D1CED9

accent

#4A9C5F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB596

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

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