#A3B256#A3B256

#A3B256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.119 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3B256
RGB	rgb(163, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -18.95, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 48.61, 112.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0541 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.119 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7048, 40.2995, 14.8580)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3B256 #6556B2

analogous

#B29356 #A3B256 #75B256

triadic

#A3B256 #56A3B2 #B256A3

tetradic

#A3B256 #56B293 #6556B2 #B25675

square

#A3B256 #56B293 #6556B2 #B25675

split-complementary

#A3B256 #5675B2 #9356B2

monochromatic

#59612C #7F8B3F #A3B256 #BAC580 #D1D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A3B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A3B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3B256

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3B256	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.119 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c988',
    500: '#a3b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3b256;
$custom-light: #c0c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.783,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3B256

secondary

#A49EC6

accent

#5ACD6D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3B256

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

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