#a3a959

Color #a3a959

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 8.19 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a3a959

RGB

rgb(163, 169, 89)

HSL

hsl(64.5, 31.7%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.5, 47.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 47.3%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(67.19, -14.05, 40.3)

LCH

lch(67.19, 42.68, 109.22)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1041, 112.53)

HWB

hwb(64.5, 34.9%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f59a9

Analogous

#a98759

#a3a959

#7ba959

Triadic

#a3a959

#59a3a9

#a959a3

Split-complementary

#a3a959

#597ba9

#8759a9

Tetradic

#a3a959

#59a95f

#5f59a9

#a959a3

Square

#a3a959

#59a987

#5f59a9

#a9597b

Shades

Color #a3a959 mixed toward black.

#888e49

#6d713b

#52552c

#37391d

#1b1c0f

Tints

Color #a3a959 mixed toward white.

#b2b775

#c2c690

#d1d4ac

#e0e2c8

#f0f1e3

Tones

Color #a3a959 mixed toward gray.

#9da260

#989c66

#92956d

#8c8e74

#87887a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a673 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#a5a578 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#a38387 · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3a959;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3a959]

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Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a3a959 (#a3a959) is rgb(163, 169, 89) in RGB.

No, #a3a959 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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