#A3A261#A3A261

#A3A261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.087 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A261
RGB	rgb(163, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 26%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 40.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -9.53, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 35.22, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0263 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.087 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1827, 34.4909, 16.3744)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A261 #6162A3

analogous

#A38161 #A3A261 #83A361

triadic

#A3A261 #61A3A2 #A261A3

tetradic

#A3A261 #61A381 #6162A3 #A36183

square

#A3A261 #61A381 #6162A3 #A36183

split-complementary

#A3A261 #6183A3 #8161A3

monochromatic

#575633 #7E7D49 #A3A261 #BAB988 #D0D0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A3A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A3A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A261

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A261	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.087 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbd8f',
    500: '#a3a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a261;
$custom-light: #bfbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 26.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69796,
    "c": 0.08652,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A261

secondary

#A1A2BF

accent

#66C365

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A261

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

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