#ADA821#ADA821

#ADA821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.144 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA821
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -12.90, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 65.06, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0429 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.144 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5121, 37.0004, 6.9204)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA821 #2126AD

analogous

#AD6221 #ADA821 #6CAD21

triadic

#ADA821 #21ADA8 #A821AD

tetradic

#ADA821 #21AD62 #2126AD #AD216C

square

#ADA821 #21AD62 #2126AD #AD216C

split-complementary

#ADA821 #216CAD #6221AD

monochromatic

#46440D #7A7617 #ADA821 #D8D233 #E2DE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#ADA821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA821

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA821	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.144 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c16a',
    500: '#ada821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada821;
$custom-light: #c9c16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71349,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA821

secondary

#6266C7

accent

#43EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA821

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

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