#A3A538#A3A538

#A3A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.130 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A538
RGB	rgb(163, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -14.64, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 55.91, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0451 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.13 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2741, 34.9831, 8.9509)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A538 #3A38A5

analogous

#A57038 #A3A538 #6CA538

triadic

#A3A538 #38A3A5 #A538A3

tetradic

#A3A538 #38A570 #3A38A5 #A5386C

square

#A3A538 #38A570 #3A38A5 #A5386C

split-complementary

#A3A538 #386CA5 #7038A5

monochromatic

#494A19 #767728 #A3A538 #C3C555 #D3D583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A3A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A3A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A538

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A538	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bf75',
    500: '#a3a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a538;
$custom-light: #c1bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.101,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69957,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A538

secondary

#7C7ABE

accent

#4FD951

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A538

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

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