#ADA521#ADA521

#ADA521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.142 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA521
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -11.34, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 64.05, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0385 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.142 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9646, 35.9055, 6.7379)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA521 #2129AD

analogous

#AD5F21 #ADA521 #6FAD21

triadic

#ADA521 #21ADA5 #A521AD

tetradic

#ADA521 #21AD5F #2129AD #AD216F

square

#ADA521 #21AD5F #2129AD #AD216F

split-complementary

#ADA521 #216FAD #5F21AD

monochromatic

#46430D #7A7417 #ADA521 #D8CF33 #E2DB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ADA521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ADA521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA521

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA521	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.142 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6a',
    500: '#ada521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada521;
$custom-light: #c9bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70688,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA521

secondary

#6268C7

accent

#47EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA521

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

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