#A3A151#A3A151

#A3A151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A151
RGB	rgb(163, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 50.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -10.64, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 42.84, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.031 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.103 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3350, 33.8711, 12.7755)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A151 #5153A3

analogous

#A37851 #A3A151 #7CA351

triadic

#A3A151 #51A3A1 #A151A3

tetradic

#A3A151 #51A378 #5153A3 #A3517C

square

#A3A151 #51A378 #5153A3 #A3517C

split-complementary

#A3A151 #517CA3 #7851A3

monochromatic

#515028 #7A793D #A3A151 #BBB976 #CFCE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A3A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A3A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A151

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A151	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bc84',
    500: '#a3a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a151;
$custom-light: #c0bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69337,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A151

secondary

#9394BC

accent

#61CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A151

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

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