#A3A659#A3A659

#A3A659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A659
RGB	rgb(163, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 46.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -12.49, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 41.21, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0355 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.1 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5442, 35.7808, 14.7466)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A659 #5C59A6

analogous

#A68359 #A3A659 #7CA659

triadic

#A3A659 #59A3A6 #A659A3

tetradic

#A3A659 #59A683 #5C59A6 #A6597C

square

#A3A659 #59A683 #5C59A6 #A6597C

split-complementary

#A3A659 #597CA6 #8359A6

monochromatic

#55562E #7C7E44 #A3A659 #B9BB81 #CFD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A3A659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A3A659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A659

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A659	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c089',
    500: '#a3a659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a659;
$custom-light: #c0c089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.338,
    "s": 30.196,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70558,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A659

secondary

#9D9CBF

accent

#61C665

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A659

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

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