#A3AD36#A3AD36

#A3AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.140 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AD36
RGB	rgb(163, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -18.86, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 60.08, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0571 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.14 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7145, 37.9406, 9.1946)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AD36 #4036AD

analogous

#AD7C36 #A3AD36 #68AD36

triadic

#A3AD36 #36A3AD #AD36A3

tetradic

#A3AD36 #36AD7C #4036AD #AD3668

square

#A3AD36 #36AD7C #4036AD #AD3668

split-complementary

#A3AD36 #3668AD #7C36AD

monochromatic

#4B5019 #777E27 #A3AD36 #C0CA56 #D2D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A3AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A3AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AD36

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AD36	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.140 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c574',
    500: '#a3ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3ad36;
$custom-light: #c1c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.042,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71746,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AD36

secondary

#827CC2

accent

#4CDC58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AD36

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

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