#A3A42B#A3A42B

#A3A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.137 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A42B
RGB	rgb(163, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -14.83, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 60.41, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0469 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.137 110)
XYZ	xyz(28.8168, 34.5127, 7.4287)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A42B #2C2BA4

analogous

#A4682B #A3A42B #66A42B

triadic

#A3A42B #2BA3A4 #A42BA3

tetradic

#A3A42B #2BA468 #2C2BA4 #A42B66

square

#A3A42B #2BA468 #2C2BA4 #A42B66

split-complementary

#A3A42B #2B66A4 #682BA4

monochromatic

#434312 #73741E #A3A42B #CCCD3F #D9D970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A3A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A3A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A42B

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A42B	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)

#B19D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.137 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be6e',
    500: '#a3a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a42b;
$custom-light: #c2be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69636,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.34512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A42B

secondary

#6B6AC1

accent

#46E247

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A42B

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

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