#A28938#A28938

#A28938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.104 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28938
RGB	rgb(162, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -0.08, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 45.66, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0036 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.104 92)
XYZ	xyz(24.5610, 25.8596, 7.4383)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28938 #3851A2

analogous

#A25438 #A28938 #86A238

triadic

#A28938 #38A289 #8938A2

tetradic

#A28938 #38A254 #3851A2 #A23886

square

#A28938 #38A254 #3851A2 #A23886

split-complementary

#A28938 #3886A2 #5438A2

monochromatic

#473C19 #756328 #A28938 #C4A953 #D3C081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A28938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A28938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28938

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28938	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)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.104 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab72',
    500: '#a28938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28938;
$custom-light: #c1ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.849,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63715,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.25858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28938

secondary

#7989BD

accent

#70D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28938

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

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