#A28221#A28221

#A28221 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.116 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28221
RGB	rgb(162, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 2.62, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 53.26, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0014 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.116 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1588, 23.7580, 4.8045)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28221 #2141A2

analogous

#A24121 #A28221 #81A221

triadic

#A28221 #21A282 #8221A2

tetradic

#A28221 #21A241 #2141A2 #A22181

square

#A28221 #21A241 #2141A2 #A22181

split-complementary

#A28221 #2181A2 #4121A2

monochromatic

#3C300C #6F5917 #A28221 #D4AA2C #DEBF5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A28221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A28221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28221

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28221	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.116 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a665',
    500: '#a28221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28221;
$custom-light: #c2a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62036,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28221

secondary

#5C75C3

accent

#69E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28221

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

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