#ADA321#ADA321

#ADA321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA321
RGB	rgb(173, 163, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -10.29, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 63.40, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0356 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6067, 35.1897, 6.6186)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA321 #212BAD

analogous

#AD5D21 #ADA321 #71AD21

triadic

#ADA321 #21ADA3 #A321AD

tetradic

#ADA321 #21AD5D #212BAD #AD2171

square

#ADA321 #21AD5D #212BAD #AD2171

split-complementary

#ADA321 #2171AD #5D21AD

monochromatic

#46420D #7A7317 #ADA321 #D8CC33 #E2D966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ADA321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#ADA321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA321

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA321	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 163, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd69',
    500: '#ada321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada321;
$custom-light: #c9bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70249,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA321

secondary

#626AC7

accent

#49EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA321

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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