#A3AD38#A3AD38

#A3AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.139 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AD38
RGB	rgb(163, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -18.74, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 59.31, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0566 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.139 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7625, 37.9598, 9.4471)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AD38 #4238AD

analogous

#AD7C38 #A3AD38 #69AD38

triadic

#A3AD38 #38A3AD #AD38A3

tetradic

#A3AD38 #38AD7C #4238AD #AD3869

square

#A3AD38 #38AD7C #4238AD #AD3869

split-complementary

#A3AD38 #3869AD #7C38AD

monochromatic

#4C511A #777F29 #A3AD38 #C0C959 #D1D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A3AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A3AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AD38

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AD38	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B9A527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.139 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c575',
    500: '#a3ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3ad38;
$custom-light: #c1c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.128,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71762,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AD38

secondary

#847FC2

accent

#4DDB59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AD38

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

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