#A3A227#A3A227

#A3A227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.138 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A227
RGB	rgb(163, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -13.97, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 61.00, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0449 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.138 109)
XYZ	xyz(28.3919, 33.7746, 6.9426)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A227 #2728A3

analogous

#A36427 #A3A227 #66A327

triadic

#A3A227 #27A3A2 #A227A3

tetradic

#A3A227 #27A364 #2728A3 #A32766

square

#A3A227 #27A364 #2728A3 #A32766

split-complementary

#A3A227 #2766A3 #6427A3

monochromatic

#40400F #72711B #A3A227 #CFCE38 #DBDA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A3A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A3A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A227

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A227	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.138 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd6c',
    500: '#a3a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a227;
$custom-light: #c2bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69162,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.33774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A227

secondary

#6465C1

accent

#45E443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A227

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

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