#A3AA38#A3AA38
#A3AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.135 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A3AA38 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(163, 170, 56) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 50%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 67%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 67.1%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.14, -17.21, 55.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.14, 58.02, 107.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.08% -0.0523 0.1247) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.08% 0.135 112.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.1936, 36.8222, 9.2575) |
| Luminance | 0.3682 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.42
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.59
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.06
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.25
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.54
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A3AA38 #3F38AA
analogous
#AA7838 #A3AA38 #6AAA38
triadic
#A3AA38 #38A3AA #AA38A3
tetradic
#A3AA38 #38AA78 #3F38AA #AA386A
square
#A3AA38 #38AA78 #3F38AA #AA386A
split-complementary
#A3AA38 #386AAA #7838AA
monochromatic
#4B4E1A #777C29 #A3AA38 #C1C857 #D2D785
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.51
#A3AA38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.36
#A3AA38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A3AA38
8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A3AA38 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A3AA38 | 1.00 | 2.51 | 8.36 | 8.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A228
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A540
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEA093
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a3aa38; /* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 170, 56); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.135 112.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1c375',
500: '#a3aa38',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a3aa38; $custom-light: #c1c375; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a3aa38",
"rgb": {
"r": 163,
"g": 170,
"b": 56
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.684,
"s": 50.442,
"l": 44.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71083,
"c": 0.1352,
"h": 112.8
},
"luminance": 0.36822
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A3AA38
secondary
#817DC1
accent
#4EDA56
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B