#A28838#A28838

#A28838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.103 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28838
RGB	rgb(162, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 0.48, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 45.37, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.002 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.103 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4195, 25.5766, 7.3912)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28838 #3852A2

analogous

#A25338 #A28838 #87A238

triadic

#A28838 #38A288 #8838A2

tetradic

#A28838 #38A253 #3852A2 #A23887

square

#A28838 #38A253 #3852A2 #A23887

split-complementary

#A28838 #3887A2 #5338A2

monochromatic

#473C19 #756228 #A28838 #C4A853 #D3BF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A28838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A28838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28838

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28838	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.103 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa72',
    500: '#a28838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28838;
$custom-light: #c1aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63501,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28838

secondary

#798ABD

accent

#71D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28838

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

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