#A3A427#A3A427
#A3A427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.140 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A3A427 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(163, 164, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 62%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 76%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 76.2%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.35, -15.00, 59.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.35, 61.75, 104.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.61% -0.0478 0.1312) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.61% 0.14 110) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.7470, 34.4848, 7.0610) |
| Luminance | 0.3448 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.24
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.17
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.05
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.21
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.75
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A3A427 #2827A4
analogous
#A46727 #A3A427 #65A427
triadic
#A3A427 #27A3A4 #A427A3
tetradic
#A3A427 #27A467 #2827A4 #A42765
square
#A3A427 #27A467 #2827A4 #A42765
split-complementary
#A3A427 #2765A4 #6727A4
monochromatic
#41410F #72731B #A3A427 #CFD038 #DBDC6A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.66
#A3A427 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.90
#A3A427 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A3A427
7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A3A427 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A3A427 | 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)
#B19D07
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A031
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AF998D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a3a427; /* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 164, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.140 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2be6c',
500: '#a3a427',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a3a427; $custom-light: #c2be6c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a3a427",
"rgb": {
"r": 163,
"g": 164,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.48,
"s": 61.576,
"l": 39.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69611,
"c": 0.13959,
"h": 110
},
"luminance": 0.34484
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A3A427
secondary
#6665C2
accent
#43E544
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A