#A3AE2A#A3AE2A

#A3AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.148 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AE2A
RGB	rgb(163, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -19.97, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 64.70, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0613 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.148 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6591, 38.2264, 7.9534)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AE2A #352AAE

analogous

#AE772A #A3AE2A #61AE2A

triadic

#A3AE2A #2AA3AE #AE2AA3

tetradic

#A3AE2A #2AAE77 #352AAE #AE2A61

square

#A3AE2A #2AAE77 #352AAE #AE2A61

split-complementary

#A3AE2A #2A61AE #772AAE

monochromatic

#474B12 #757D1E #A3AE2A #C6D243 #D5DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A3AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A3AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AE2A

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AE2A	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)

#BBA508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.148 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c66e',
    500: '#a3ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3ae2a;
$custom-light: #c2c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71891,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AE2A

secondary

#766FC5

accent

#44E451

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AE2A

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

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