#A3B438#A3B438

#A3B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.147 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3B438
RGB	rgb(163, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -22.24, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 62.38, 110.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0663 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.147 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1401, 40.7150, 9.9063)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3B438 #4938B4

analogous

#B48738 #A3B438 #65B438

triadic

#A3B438 #38A3B4 #B438A3

tetradic

#A3B438 #38B487 #4938B4 #B43865

square

#A3B438 #38B487 #4938B4 #B43865

split-complementary

#A3B438 #3865B4 #8738B4

monochromatic

#4E571B #798529 #A3B438 #BDCD5D #D0DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A3B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A3B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3B438

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3B438	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.147 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ca76',
    500: '#a3b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3b438;
$custom-light: #c1ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.226,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73354,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3B438

secondary

#8C82C5

accent

#4CDC60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3B438

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

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