#A3AA42#A3AA42

#A3AA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AA42
RGB	rgb(163, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -16.55, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 53.87, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0494 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.127 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4631, 36.9299, 10.6766)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AA42 #4942AA

analogous

#AA7D42 #A3AA42 #6FAA42

triadic

#A3AA42 #42A3AA #AA42A3

tetradic

#A3AA42 #42AA7D #4942AA #AA426F

square

#A3AA42 #42AA7D #4942AA #AA426F

split-complementary

#A3AA42 #426FAA #7D42AA

monochromatic

#4E5220 #797E31 #A3AA42 #BDC366 #D0D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A3AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A3AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AA42

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AA42	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c37b',
    500: '#a3aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aa42;
$custom-light: #c1c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.038,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71174,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AA42

secondary

#8C88C0

accent

#54D45D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AA42

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

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