#ada798

Color #ada798

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.57 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ada798

RGB

rgb(173, 167, 152)

HSL

hsl(42.9, 11.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(42.9, 12.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 12.1%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(68.6, -0.49, 8.53)

LCH

lch(68.6, 8.54, 93.29)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0222, 88.71)

HWB

hwb(42.9, 59.6%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#989ead

Analogous

#ad9c98

#ada798

#a8ad98

Triadic

#ada798

#98ada7

#a798ad

Split-complementary

#ada798

#98a8ad

#9c98ad

Tetradic

#ada798

#9ead98

#989ead

#a798ad

Square

#ada798

#98ad9c

#989ead

#ad98a8

Shades

Color #ada798 mixed toward black.

#958d7a

#797260

#5a5548

#3c3930

#1e1c18

Tints

Color #ada798 mixed toward white.

#bbb6a9

#c8c4ba

#d6d3cb

#e4e2dd

#f1f0ee

Tones

Color #ada798 mixed toward gray.

#aba69a

#a9a59b

#a8a59d

#a6a49f

#a4a3a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa9c · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#abab9d · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#ad9f9f · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 7.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ada798;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada798]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

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Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#ada798 (#ada798) is rgb(173, 167, 152) in RGB.

No, #ada798 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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