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#ADA201

#ADA201 is a dark, vivid yellow, close to the color Citron. In RGB it’s made of 67.8% red, 63.5% green, and 0.4% blue. Its hue is 56°, with 99% saturation and 34% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

2.64:1 Fail
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Black text on this color

7.95:1 AAA
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This color as text on white

2.64:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

7.95:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #ADA201 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#ADA201
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #ADA201

What color is #ADA201?

#ADA201 is a dark, vivid yellow, close to the color Citron. In RGB it’s made of 67.8% red, 63.5% green, and 0.4% blue. Its hue is 56°, with 99% saturation and 34% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #ADA201 in RGB?

#ADA201 is rgb(173, 162, 1): 173 red, 162 green, and 1 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #ADA201 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 6, 99, 32). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #ADA201?

PANTONE 104 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #ADA201?

Its complement #AE8CFD gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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