#A3A42A#A3A42A

#A3A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.138 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A42A
RGB	rgb(163, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -14.87, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 60.76, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0471 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.138 110)
XYZ	xyz(28.7987, 34.5055, 7.3332)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A42A #2B2AA4

analogous

#A4682A #A3A42A #66A42A

triadic

#A3A42A #2AA3A4 #A42AA3

tetradic

#A3A42A #2AA468 #2B2AA4 #A42A66

square

#A3A42A #2AA468 #2B2AA4 #A42A66

split-complementary

#A3A42A #2A66A4 #682AA4

monochromatic

#424311 #73731E #A3A42A #CCCD3E #D9DA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A3A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A3A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A42A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A42A	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)

#B19D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.138 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be6d',
    500: '#a3a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a42a;
$custom-light: #c2be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.492,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69629,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.34505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A42A

secondary

#6A69C1

accent

#45E247

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A42A

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

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