#A3A242#A3A242

#A3A242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A242
RGB	rgb(163, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -12.41, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 50.36, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0377 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.118 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0088, 34.0213, 10.1919)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A242 #4243A3

analogous

#A37142 #A3A242 #74A342

triadic

#A3A242 #42A3A2 #A242A3

tetradic

#A3A242 #42A371 #4243A3 #A34274

square

#A3A242 #42A371 #4243A3 #A34274

split-complementary

#A3A242 #4274A3 #7142A3

monochromatic

#4C4B1F #777730 #A3A242 #C0BF63 #D1D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A3A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A3A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A242

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A242	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bd7a',
    500: '#a3a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a242;
$custom-light: #c1bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69381,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A242

secondary

#8485BC

accent

#57D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A242

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

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