Stone Color
Stone is a yellow color with hex code #ADA587. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with stone, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Stone Color Values
What Does Stone Mean?
Stone belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Stone sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Stone is classified as a brown (nearest centroid: light grayish yellowish brown, #AE9B82).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Stone
Stone and #868EAC are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #AC9186 and #A1AC86, which sit beside stone on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair stone with triadic partners #86ACA4 and #A486AC. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Hillary —
#ACA586(Delta E 1) - Bland —
#AFA88B(Delta E 1) - Canvas —
#A8A589(Delta E 2) - Heathered Grey —
#B6B095(Delta E 4) - Taupe Grey —
#B3AF95(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #ADA587; }
.background { background-color: #ADA587; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ADA587; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #ADA58740; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for stone?
Stone has the hex code #ADA587. In RGB notation it is rgb(173, 165, 135), in HSL it is hsl(47, 19%, 60%), and its OKLCH value is 0.721, 0.043, 94.8.
What does the color stone mean?
Yellow-family colors like stone carry distinct psychological associations. Stone belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Stone sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with stone?
Stone has three easy routes: its complement #868EAC for punch, its neighbors #AC9186 and #A1AC86 for something calmer, or triadic partners #86ACA4 and #A486AC when you want energy.
Is stone a standard web color?
No — Stone is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #ADA587 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make stone lighter or darker?
To lighten stone, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F1EFEA (lightest tint) to #1E1C15 (darkest shade).
About Stone
Stone is classified as a Brown in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #ADA587 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.