#A28E2B#A28E2B

#A28E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.117 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28E2B
RGB	rgb(162, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -3.57, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 52.69, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0151 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0106, 27.2031, 6.2184)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28E2B #2B3FA2

analogous

#A2522B #A28E2B #7AA22B

triadic

#A28E2B #2BA28E #8E2BA2

tetradic

#A28E2B #2BA252 #2B3FA2 #A22B7A

square

#A28E2B #2BA252 #2B3FA2 #A22B7A

split-complementary

#A28E2B #2B7AA2 #522BA2

monochromatic

#413911 #72641E #A28E2B #CCB43E #D9C76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A28E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A28E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28E2B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28E2B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae6b',
    500: '#a28e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28e2b;
$custom-light: #c1ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64676,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28E2B

secondary

#6978C0

accent

#61E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28E2B

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

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