#A28837#A28837

#A28837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28837
RGB	rgb(162, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 0.41, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 45.83, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0023 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.104 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3953, 25.5669, 7.2636)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28837 #3751A2

analogous

#A25337 #A28837 #86A237

triadic

#A28837 #37A288 #8837A2

tetradic

#A28837 #37A253 #3751A2 #A23786

square

#A28837 #37A253 #3751A2 #A23786

split-complementary

#A28837 #3786A2 #5337A2

monochromatic

#473B18 #746227 #A28837 #C4A852 #D4BF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A28837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A28837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28837

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28837	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa72',
    500: '#a28837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28837;
$custom-light: #c1aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63491,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28837

secondary

#7889BD

accent

#70D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28837

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

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