#A28222#A28222

#A28222 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28222
RGB	rgb(162, 130, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 2.66, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 52.91, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0016 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.115 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1731, 23.7637, 4.8794)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28222 #2242A2

analogous

#A24222 #A28222 #82A222

triadic

#A28222 #22A282 #8222A2

tetradic

#A28222 #22A242 #2242A2 #A22282

square

#A28222 #22A242 #2242A2 #A22282

split-complementary

#A28222 #2282A2 #4222A2

monochromatic

#3D310D #6F5917 #A28222 #D3AA2E #DEBE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A28222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A28222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28222

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28222	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)

#92810F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 130, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a665',
    500: '#a28222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28222;
$custom-light: #c2a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62042,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28222

secondary

#5D77C3

accent

#6AE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28222

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →