#A3AE23#A3AE23

#A3AE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.152 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AE23
RGB	rgb(163, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -20.25, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 66.80, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0626 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.152 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5446, 38.1806, 7.3503)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AE23 #2E23AE

analogous

#AE7323 #A3AE23 #5DAE23

triadic

#A3AE23 #23A3AE #AE23A3

tetradic

#A3AE23 #23AE73 #2E23AE #AE235D

square

#A3AE23 #23AE73 #2E23AE #AE235D

split-complementary

#A3AE23 #235DAE #7323AE

monochromatic

#44480F #737B19 #A3AE23 #CAD737 #D8E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A3AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#A3AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AE23

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AE23	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.152 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c66b',
    500: '#a3ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3ae23;
$custom-light: #c2c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.748,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71853,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AE23

secondary

#6D66C7

accent

#3EE94C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AE23

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

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