#A3AE2D#A3AE2D

#A3AE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.147 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AE2D
RGB	rgb(163, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -19.83, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 63.72, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0607 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.147 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7149, 38.2487, 8.2468)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AE2D #382DAE

analogous

#AE782D #A3AE2D #63AE2D

triadic

#A3AE2D #2DA3AE #AE2DA3

tetradic

#A3AE2D #2DAE78 #382DAE #AE2D63

square

#A3AE2D #2DAE78 #382DAE #AE2D63

split-complementary

#A3AE2D #2D63AE #782DAE

monochromatic

#484D14 #757D20 #A3AE2D #C4D048 #D4DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A3AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A3AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AE2D

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AE2D	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)

#BBA511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.147 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c670',
    500: '#a3ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3ae2d;
$custom-light: #c2c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.116,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7191,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AE2D

secondary

#7972C4

accent

#46E253

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AE2D

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

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