#A3A237#A3A237

#A3A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A237
RGB	rgb(163, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -13.15, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 55.09, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.041 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.127 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7151, 33.9039, 8.6452)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A237 #3738A3

analogous

#A36C37 #A3A237 #6EA337

triadic

#A3A237 #37A3A2 #A237A3

tetradic

#A3A237 #37A36C #3738A3 #A3376E

square

#A3A237 #37A36C #3738A3 #A3376E

split-complementary

#A3A237 #376EA3 #6C37A3

monochromatic

#474718 #757528 #A3A237 #C5C452 #D4D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A3A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A3A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A237

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A237	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bd74',
    500: '#a3a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a237;
$custom-light: #c1bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69277,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A237

secondary

#7879BE

accent

#50D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A237

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

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