#A3A230#A3A230
#A3A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.132 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A3A230 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(163, 162, 48) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 55%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 71%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 70.6%, 36.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.84, -13.54, 56.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.84, 57.83, 103.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.22% -0.0428 0.125) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.22% 0.132 108.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5591, 33.8415, 7.8234) |
| Luminance | 0.3384 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.32
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.17
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.34
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.72
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.81
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A3A230 #3031A3
analogous
#A36930 #A3A230 #6BA330
triadic
#A3A230 #30A3A2 #A230A3
tetradic
#A3A230 #30A369 #3031A3 #A3306B
square
#A3A230 #30A369 #3031A3 #A3306B
split-complementary
#A3A230 #306BA3 #6930A3
monochromatic
#444414 #747322 #A3A230 #C9C847 #D7D677
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.70
#A3A230 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.77
#A3A230 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A3A230
7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A3A230 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A3A230 | 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)
#AF9B1D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AF988C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a3a230; /* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 162, 48); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.132 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1bd70',
500: '#a3a230',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a3a230; $custom-light: #c1bd70; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a3a230",
"rgb": {
"r": 163,
"g": 162,
"b": 48
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.478,
"s": 54.502,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69221,
"c": 0.13217,
"h": 108.9
},
"luminance": 0.33841
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A3A230
secondary
#7071BF
accent
#4BDE4A
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B