#ADB8A2#ADB8A2

#ADB8A2 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.033 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB8A2
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(90, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(90, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -7.87, 9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 12.63, 128.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0207 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.033 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8946, 45.7737, 40.8562)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB8A2 #ADA2B8

analogous

#B8B8A2 #ADB8A2 #A2B8A2

triadic

#ADB8A2 #A2ADB8 #B8A2AD

tetradic

#ADB8A2 #A2B8B8 #ADA2B8 #B8A2A2

square

#ADB8A2 #A2B8B8 #ADA2B8 #B8A2A2

split-complementary

#ADB8A2 #A2A2B8 #B8A2B8

monochromatic

#707F61 #8E9E7F #ADB8A2 #CCD2C5 #EAEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#ADB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#ADB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB8A2

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB8A2	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B4A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.033 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cdbd',
    500: '#adb8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb8a2;
$custom-light: #c5cdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76781,
    "c": 0.03299,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB8A2

secondary

#DBD8DE

accent

#4E9873

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F6

border

#D1D2D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB8A2

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

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