#ADA421#ADA421

#ADA421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.141 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA421
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -10.81, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 63.73, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0371 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.141 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7849, 35.5462, 6.6781)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA421 #212AAD

analogous

#AD5E21 #ADA421 #70AD21

triadic

#ADA421 #21ADA4 #A421AD

tetradic

#ADA421 #21AD5E #212AAD #AD2170

square

#ADA421 #21AD5E #212AAD #AD2170

split-complementary

#ADA421 #2170AD #5E21AD

monochromatic

#46430D #7A7317 #ADA421 #D8CD33 #E2DA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ADA421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#ADA421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA421

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA421	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.141 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be69',
    500: '#ada421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada421;
$custom-light: #c9be69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70468,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA421

secondary

#6269C7

accent

#48EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA421

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

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