#A3A173#A3A173

#A3A173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.063 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A173
RGB	rgb(163, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(58, 21%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 29.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -6.76, 24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 25.21, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0172 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.063 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9438, 34.5146, 21.2482)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A173 #7375A3

analogous

#A38973 #A3A173 #8DA373

triadic

#A3A173 #73A3A1 #A173A3

tetradic

#A3A173 #73A389 #7375A3 #A3738D

square

#A3A173 #73A389 #7375A3 #A3738D

split-complementary

#A3A173 #738DA3 #8973A3

monochromatic

#5E5D3E #838156 #A3A173 #BBBA98 #D4D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A3A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A3A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A173

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A173	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.063 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbc9b',
    500: '#a3a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a173;
$custom-light: #bfbc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69907,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A173

secondary

#AFB0C3

accent

#6EBD6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A173

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

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