#A28521#A28521

#A28521 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.117 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28521
RGB	rgb(162, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 0.95, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 53.94, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0033 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.117 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5637, 24.5677, 4.9395)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28521 #213EA2

analogous

#A24521 #A28521 #7EA221

triadic

#A28521 #21A285 #8521A2

tetradic

#A28521 #21A245 #213EA2 #A2217E

square

#A28521 #21A245 #213EA2 #A2217E

split-complementary

#A28521 #217EA2 #4521A2

monochromatic

#3C320C #6F5B17 #A28521 #D4AE2C #DEC25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A28521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#A28521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28521

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28521	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.117 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a865',
    500: '#a28521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28521;
$custom-light: #c2a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62672,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28521

secondary

#5C73C3

accent

#65E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28521

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

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