#A28936#A28936

#A28936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.106 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28936
RGB	rgb(162, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -0.21, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 46.57, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0042 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.106 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5130, 25.8404, 7.1859)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28936 #364FA2

analogous

#A25336 #A28936 #85A236

triadic

#A28936 #36A289 #8936A2

tetradic

#A28936 #36A253 #364FA2 #A23685

square

#A28936 #36A253 #364FA2 #A23685

split-complementary

#A28936 #3685A2 #5336A2

monochromatic

#463B17 #746227 #A28936 #C5AA50 #D4C07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A28936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A28936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28936

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28936	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.106 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab71',
    500: '#a28936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28936;
$custom-light: #c1ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.111,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63694,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28936

secondary

#7787BD

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28936

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

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