#A3A823#A3A823
#A3A823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.146 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A3A823 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(163, 168, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 66%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 79%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 79.2%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.45, -17.21, 62.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.45, 64.49, 105.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.49% -0.0542 0.1352) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.49% 0.146 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.4113, 35.9139, 6.9726) |
| Luminance | 0.3591 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.52
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.23
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.30
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.57
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.18
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A3A823 #2823A8
analogous
#A86B23 #A3A823 #60A823
triadic
#A3A823 #23A3A8 #A823A3
tetradic
#A3A823 #23A86B #2823A8 #A82360
square
#A3A823 #23A86B #2823A8 #A82360
split-complementary
#A3A823 #2360A8 #6B23A8
monochromatic
#41430E #727518 #A3A823 #CFD534 #DBDF66
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.57
#A3A823 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.18
#A3A823 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A3A823
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A3A823 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A3A823 | 1.00 | 2.57 | 8.18 | 8.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A000
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A32F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AF9D90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a3a823; /* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 168, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.146 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2c16b',
500: '#a3a823',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a3a823; $custom-light: #c2c16b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a3a823",
"rgb": {
"r": 163,
"g": 168,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.256,
"s": 65.517,
"l": 39.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70492,
"c": 0.14569,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.35913
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A3A823
secondary
#6662C5
accent
#3FE846
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A