#A3A040#A3A040

#A3A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.118 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A040
RGB	rgb(163, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -11.50, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 50.42, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0353 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.118 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6014, 33.2992, 9.7703)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A040 #4043A3

analogous

#A36F40 #A3A040 #75A340

triadic

#A3A040 #40A3A0 #A040A3

tetradic

#A3A040 #40A36F #4043A3 #A34075

square

#A3A040 #40A36F #4043A3 #A34075

split-complementary

#A3A040 #4075A3 #6F40A3

monochromatic

#4B4A1D #77752F #A3A040 #C0BE60 #D2D08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A3A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A3A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A040

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A040	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.118 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bb79',
    500: '#a3a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a040;
$custom-light: #c1bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68915,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A040

secondary

#8284BD

accent

#58D354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A040

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

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