#A28A38#A28A38

#A28A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28A38
RGB	rgb(162, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -0.63, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 45.96, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0052 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.105 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7038, 26.1452, 7.4859)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28A38 #3850A2

analogous

#A25538 #A28A38 #85A238

triadic

#A28A38 #38A28A #8A38A2

tetradic

#A28A38 #38A255 #3850A2 #A23885

square

#A28A38 #38A255 #3850A2 #A23885

split-complementary

#A28A38 #3885A2 #5538A2

monochromatic

#473D19 #756328 #A28A38 #C4AA53 #D3C181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A28A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#A28A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28A38

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28A38	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab72',
    500: '#a28a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28a38;
$custom-light: #c1ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63929,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28A38

secondary

#7988BD

accent

#6FD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28A38

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

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