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#ADA355 — Muted Yellow

#ADA355 is a yellow color we call Muted Yellow, closest to the named color DarkKhaki (#BDB76B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkkhaki (#BDB76B) — not an exact match. CSS darkkhaki gives you #BDB76B, a different color; use #ADA355 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#ADA355 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #5661AE; it also sits naturally between #AE7856 and #8CAE56. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ADA355 · RGB 173, 163, 85

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Color values

HEX#ADA355
RGB173, 163, 85
HSL53°, 35%, 51%
HSV53°, 51%, 68%
CMYK0%, 6%, 51%, 32%
XYZ31.97, 35.73, 13.81
Yxy35.73, 0.3922, 0.4384
CIE-Lab66.32, -7.08, 41.45
Hunter Lab59.78, -6.05, 25.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 64% · Blue 33%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 51% · Key 32%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #ADA355 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ADA355 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ADA355

.text { color: #ADA355; }
.background { background-color: #ADA355; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADA355; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 163, 85); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 35%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADA355; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 163, 85, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADA355; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 163, 85, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ADA355">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ADA355">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ADA355

#9E954C#918846#7F783D#6E6735#605B2E#4F4A26#3E3A1E#2D2A16#1F1D0F#0E0D07

Tints of #ADA355

#B6AD68#BDB475#C5BE87#CCC594#D4CEA5#DBD6B3#E3DFC4#E9E7D2#F2F0E3#F8F8F1

Tones of #ADA355

#A89F5D#A19A63#9B9569#95906F#8F8C76#88877C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5661AE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.58:1 Fails
Against black text8.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #ADA355: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADA355

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #ADA355: ·

How #ADA355 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A9A968Deuteranopia · #A9AA6CTritanopia · #AD777A

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ADA355 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Opal
#B2A45D · #598F55 · #70AEB0 · #9A93D3
Frozen Horizon
#CFAC97 · #B4AD53 · #618839 · #5FAD63
Velvet Ruby Saffron
#8F4543 · #B39A5C · #69853E · #72B878
Modern Tempest
#AC7FAF · #734153 · #C5A490 · #A6AE51
Golden Terrace
#5F64A5 · #CA8BCD · #BF8484 · #A2A55F
Crimson Harbor
#EDE9D9 · #BBA958 · #948647 · #40391C

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B2A45D#B4AD53#B39A5C#A6AE51#A2A55F#BBA958#AAB259#AE9B47#A5AF5D#B89C60#B29862#B7A464

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ADA354  ·  #ADA356 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ADA355?

#ADA355 is Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 173, 163, 85). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADA355?

#ADA355 is RGB 173, 163, 85 — HSL 53°, 35%, 51% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 51%, 32%.

What colors go with #ADA355?

Its complement is #5661AE; analogous partners are #AE7856 and #8CAE56. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADA355 for text?

Black text on #ADA355 has a contrast ratio of 8.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.58:1.