#A3A249#A3A249

#A3A249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A249
RGB	rgb(163, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 55.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -11.86, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 47.14, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0353 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.112 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2280, 34.1090, 11.3461)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A249 #494AA3

analogous

#A37549 #A3A249 #77A349

triadic

#A3A249 #49A3A2 #A249A3

tetradic

#A3A249 #49A375 #494AA3 #A34977

square

#A3A249 #49A375 #494AA3 #A34977

split-complementary

#A3A249 #4977A3 #7549A3

monochromatic

#4E4E23 #797836 #A3A249 #BDBC6C #D0CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A3A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A3A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A249

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A249	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bd7f',
    500: '#a3a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a249;
$custom-light: #c0bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.333,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69459,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A249

secondary

#8C8CBC

accent

#5BCE5A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A249

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

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