#A28C28#A28C28

#A28C28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28C28
RGB	rgb(162, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -2.62, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 53.25, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0128 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.118 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6627, 26.5921, 5.8408)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28C28 #283EA2

analogous

#A24F28 #A28C28 #7BA228

triadic

#A28C28 #28A28C #8C28A2

tetradic

#A28C28 #28A24F #283EA2 #A2287B

square

#A28C28 #28A24F #283EA2 #A2287B

split-complementary

#A28C28 #287BA2 #4F28A2

monochromatic

#403710 #71621C #A28C28 #CEB339 #DAC66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A28C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A28C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28C28

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28C28	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad69',
    500: '#a28c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28c28;
$custom-light: #c1ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64221,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28C28

secondary

#6576C1

accent

#61E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28C28

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

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