#ADB59E#ADB59E

#ADB59E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.033 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB59E
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(81, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(81, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -6.98, 10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 12.84, 122.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.018 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.033 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9281, 44.4006, 38.8078)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB59E #A69EB5

analogous

#B5B29E #ADB59E #A2B59E

triadic

#ADB59E #9EADB5 #B59EAD

tetradic

#ADB59E #9EB5B2 #A69EB5 #B59EA2

square

#ADB59E #9EB5B2 #A69EB5 #B59EA2

split-complementary

#ADB59E #9EA2B5 #B29EB5

monochromatic

#717B5E #909B7B #ADB59E #CACFC1 #E8EAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ADB59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#ADB59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB59E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB59E	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.033 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cbba',
    500: '#adb59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb59e;
$custom-light: #c5cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.87,
    "s": 13.45,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76036,
    "c": 0.03325,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB59E

secondary

#D6D4DB

accent

#4E9868

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB59E

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

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