#A3AD51#A3AD51

#A3AD51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AD51
RGB	rgb(163, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 53.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -16.87, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 48.48, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0487 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.117 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5336, 38.2682, 13.5083)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AD51 #5B51AD

analogous

#AD8951 #A3AD51 #75AD51

triadic

#A3AD51 #51A3AD #AD51A3

tetradic

#A3AD51 #51AD89 #5B51AD #AD5175

square

#A3AD51 #51AD89 #5B51AD #AD5175

split-complementary

#A3AD51 #5175AD #8951AD

monochromatic

#545A2A #7C833D #A3AD51 #B9C17A #CFD4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A3AD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A3AD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AD51

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AD51	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3ad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c585',
    500: '#a3ad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3ad51;
$custom-light: #c0c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3ad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AD51

secondary

#9D98C2

accent

#5CCC68

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AD51

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

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