#A3A138#A3A138

#A3A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A138
RGB	rgb(163, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -12.56, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 54.27, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0392 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.125 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5639, 33.5627, 8.7142)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A138 #383AA3

analogous

#A36C38 #A3A138 #6FA338

triadic

#A3A138 #38A3A1 #A138A3

tetradic

#A3A138 #38A36C #383AA3 #A3386F

square

#A3A138 #38A36C #383AA3 #A3386F

split-complementary

#A3A138 #386FA3 #6C38A3

monochromatic

#484719 #757428 #A3A138 #C4C254 #D4D282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A3A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A3A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A138

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A138	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bc74',
    500: '#a3a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a138;
$custom-light: #c1bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69062,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A138

secondary

#797BBD

accent

#52D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A138

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

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