#A28C40#A28C40

#A28C40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.099 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28C40
RGB	rgb(162, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -1.17, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 42.85, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0057 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.099 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2049, 26.8090, 8.6965)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28C40 #4056A2

analogous

#A25B40 #A28C40 #87A240

triadic

#A28C40 #40A28C #8C40A2

tetradic

#A28C40 #40A25B #4056A2 #A24087

square

#A28C40 #40A25B #4056A2 #A24087

split-complementary

#A28C40 #4087A2 #5B40A2

monochromatic

#4A401D #76662F #A28C40 #C0AA5F #D1C28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A28C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A28C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28C40

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28C40	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.099 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ad78',
    500: '#a28c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28c40;
$custom-light: #c0ad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64446,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28C40

secondary

#828FBC

accent

#71D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28C40

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

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