#A3A522#A3A522

#A3A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.143 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A522
RGB	rgb(163, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -15.71, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 63.65, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0502 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.143 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8492, 34.8131, 6.7130)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A522 #2422A5

analogous

#A56622 #A3A522 #62A522

triadic

#A3A522 #22A3A5 #A522A3

tetradic

#A3A522 #22A566 #2422A5 #A52262

square

#A3A522 #22A566 #2422A5 #A52262

split-complementary

#A3A522 #2262A5 #6622A5

monochromatic

#3F400D #717218 #A3A522 #D2D430 #DDDF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A3A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A3A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A522

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A522	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.143 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bf6a',
    500: '#a3a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a522;
$custom-light: #c2bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.916,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69809,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A522

secondary

#605FC4

accent

#3FE942

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A522

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

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