#A3B231#A3B231

#A3B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.149 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3B231
RGB	rgb(163, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -21.63, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 64.04, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0653 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.149 116)
XYZ	xyz(31.5798, 39.8495, 8.9333)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3B231 #4031B2

analogous

#B28131 #A3B231 #62B231

triadic

#A3B231 #31A3B2 #B231A3

tetradic

#A3B231 #31B281 #4031B2 #B23162

square

#A3B231 #31B281 #4031B2 #B23162

split-complementary

#A3B231 #3162B2 #8131B2

monochromatic

#4B5217 #778224 #A3B231 #C0CF51 #D2DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A3B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A3B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3B231

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3B231	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.149 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c872',
    500: '#a3b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3b231;
$custom-light: #c2c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.977,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.39849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3B231

secondary

#8279C5

accent

#48E059

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3B231

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

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