#adad8e

Color #adad8e

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14.27 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#adad8e

RGB

rgb(173, 173, 142)

HSL

hsl(60, 15.9%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 17.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.9%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(69.98, -5.34, 15.98)

LCH

lch(69.98, 16.85, 108.48)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.043, 107.34)

HWB

hwb(60, 55.7%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e8ead

Analogous

#ad9e8e

#adad8e

#9ead8e

Triadic

#adad8e

#8eadad

#ad8ead

Split-complementary

#adad8e

#8e9ead

#9e8ead

Tetradic

#adad8e

#8ead8e

#8e8ead

#ad8ead

Square

#adad8e

#8ead9e

#8e8ead

#ad8e9e

Shades

Color #adad8e mixed toward black.

#979770

#7a7a58

#5b5b42

#3d3d2c

#1e1e16

Tints

Color #adad8e mixed toward white.

#bbbba1

#c8c8b4

#d6d6c7

#e4e4d9

#f1f1ec

Tones

Color #adad8e mixed toward gray.

#aaaa91

#a8a893

#a5a596

#a3a398

#a0a09b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adad96 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#adad98 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#ad9c9e · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adad8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adad8e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#adad8e (#adad8e) is rgb(173, 173, 142) in RGB.

No, #adad8e 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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