#ada895

Color #ada895

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.58 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ada895

RGB

rgb(173, 168, 149)

HSL

hsl(47.5, 12.8%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.5, 13.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 13.9%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(68.79, -1.53, 10.46)

LCH

lch(68.79, 10.57, 98.32)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0273, 94.83)

HWB

hwb(47.5, 58.4%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#959aad

Analogous

#ad9c95

#ada895

#a6ad95

Triadic

#ada895

#95ada8

#a895ad

Split-complementary

#ada895

#95a6ad

#9c95ad

Tetradic

#ada895

#9aad95

#959aad

#a895ad

Square

#ada895

#95ad9c

#959aad

#ad95a6

Shades

Color #ada895 mixed toward black.

#968f77

#79735e

#5b5646

#3d3a2f

#1e1d17

Tints

Color #ada895 mixed toward white.

#bbb6a7

#c8c5b8

#d6d3ca

#e4e2dc

#f1f0ed

Tones

Color #ada895 mixed toward gray.

#aba797

#a9a699

#a7a49b

#a5a39d

#a3a29f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab9a · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#abac9b · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#ad9e9e · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 8.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada895;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada895]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#ada895 (#ada895) is rgb(173, 168, 149) in RGB.

No, #ada895 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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