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#ffad21

a balanced, electric orange · warm · closest name: orange

RGB
255, 173, 33
HSL
38°, 100%, 57%
CMYK
0, 32, 87, 0
Luminance
0.5126

Every format

HEX#ffad21
RGBrgb(255, 173, 33)
HSLhsl(38, 100%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32%, 87%, 0%)
LABlab(76.8 20.2 75.1)
LCHlch(76.8 77.7 75.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.808 0.165 73.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ffad21;
background-color: #ffad21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffad21] bg-[#ffad21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffad21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.678, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffad21")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ffad21 on white: 1.87:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ffad21 on black: 11.25:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green67.8%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta32.2%
Yellow87.1%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#ffad21 text on a black background

contrast 11.25:1

Card sample

#ffad21 text on a white background

contrast 1.87:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ffad21;
Background color
Panel with #ffad21 background
background-color: #ffad21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffad21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 173, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 173, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffad21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffad21, #BDFF21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ffad21

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ffad21 in the Color Lab