#A3A437#A3A437
#A3A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.129 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A3A437 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(163, 164, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 50%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 66%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 66.5%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.45, -14.19, 54.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.45, 55.90, 104.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.73% -0.0439 0.1217) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.73% 0.129 109.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.0702, 34.6141, 8.7635) |
| Luminance | 0.3461 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.88
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.79
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.48
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.89
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.26
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A3A437 #3837A4
analogous
#A46E37 #A3A437 #6DA437
triadic
#A3A437 #37A3A4 #A437A3
tetradic
#A3A437 #37A46E #3837A4 #A4376D
square
#A3A437 #37A46E #3837A4 #A4376D
split-complementary
#A3A437 #376DA4 #6E37A4
monochromatic
#484818 #757628 #A3A437 #C4C553 #D4D581
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#A3A437 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.92
#A3A437 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A3A437
7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A3A437 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A3A437 | 1.00 | 2.65 | 7.92 | 7.92 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19D28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A13E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AE9A8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a3a437; /* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 164, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.129 109.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1be74',
500: '#a3a437',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a3a437; $custom-light: #c1be74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a3a437",
"rgb": {
"r": 163,
"g": 164,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.55,
"s": 49.772,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69725,
"c": 0.12938,
"h": 109.8
},
"luminance": 0.34613
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A3A437
secondary
#7979BE
accent
#4FD950
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B