#ADA586

sRGB: 173 / 165 / 134

Radiant blossoms command forgotten kingdoms
Sacred blossoms wander across quiet meadows
Golden visions find forgotten pathways

#ADA586 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 173 red, 165 green and 134 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 47.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 19.2% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 60.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.50:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 173, 165, 134
HSL: 47.69°, 19.21%, 60.20%
HSV / HSB: 47.69°, 22.54%, 67.84%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 4.62%, 22.54%, 32.16%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.990, 37.516, 27.953
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 67.662, -2.263, 17.142
WCAG relative luminance: 0.37516
24-bit decimal: 11380102

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #ADA586 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 8.50:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.47:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#868EAD sits half a turn (180°) from #ADA586 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#ADA586 #868EAD

Analogous

#AD9286 and #A2AD86 sit 30° to either side of #ADA586. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#AD9286 #ADA586 #A2AD86

Triadic

#ADA586, #86ADA5 and #A586AD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ADA586 #86ADA5 #A586AD

Split complementary

Start at #ADA586 and look across the wheel. #86A2AD and #9186AD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ADA586 #86A2AD #9186AD

Square

Starting with #ADA586, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #86AD92, #868EAD, then #AD86A2. Across the square, #ADA586 pairs with #868EAD, and #86AD92 with #AD86A2.

#ADA586 #86AD92 #868EAD #AD86A2

Tetradic

#ADA586 and #868EAD are opposites, as are #8EAD86 and #A586AD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ADA586 #8EAD86 #868EAD #A586AD

Tints

Mixing #ADA586 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB79E, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFEDE7, the mixture is 80% white.

#ADA586 #BDB79E #CEC9B6 #DEDBCF #EFEDE7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ADA586 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8A846B, keeps 80% of the original. By #23211B, the mixture is 80% black.

#ADA586 #8A846B #686350 #454236 #23211B #000000

Tones

Mixing #ADA586 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A49E85, keeps 80% of the original. By #898781, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ADA586 #A49E85 #9B9684 #928F82 #898781 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#ADA586

RGB

rgb(173 165 134)

HSL

hsl(47.692 19.212% 60.196%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ADA586;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ADA586 uses 173 red, 165 green and 134 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 67.8%

Green 64.7%

Blue 52.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ADA586 is 0.0% cyan, 4.6% magenta, 22.5% yellow and 32.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.6%

Yellow 22.5%

Black 32.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAAA88. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AA8 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ADA586 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #999999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAAA88 Nearest web-safe: #999999

Gradient to complement

#ADA586 #A7A18D #A09D93 #9A9A9A #9396A0 #8D92A7 #868EAD

Color vision previews

Compare how #ADA586 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#ACA384

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#AEA687

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B3A09C

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ACA485

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ADA586

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AEA48F

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A5A5A5

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A9A596

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.41789 G 0.37626 B 0.23840

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.67300 G 0.64813 B 0.53852

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.41050 G 0.37764 B 0.25144

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.348 y 0.373 Y 37.516

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 32.157 M % 35.294 Y % 47.451

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101101 10100101 10000110