#A3A231#A3A231

#A3A231 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	#A3A231
RGB	rgb(163, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -13.49, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 57.46, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0426 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.132 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5800, 33.8498, 7.9333)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A231 #3132A3

analogous

#A36931 #A3A231 #6BA331

triadic

#A3A231 #31A3A2 #A231A3

tetradic

#A3A231 #31A369 #3132A3 #A3316B

square

#A3A231 #31A369 #3132A3 #A3316B

split-complementary

#A3A231 #316BA3 #6931A3

monochromatic

#454415 #747323 #A3A231 #C8C749 #D6D678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A3A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A3A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A231

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A231	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)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.132 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bd70',
    500: '#a3a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a231;
$custom-light: #c1bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69229,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A231

secondary

#7172BF

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A231

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

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