#A28E38#A28E38

#A28E38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.108 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28E38
RGB	rgb(162, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -2.83, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 47.21, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0115 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.108 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2882, 27.3142, 7.6808)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28E38 #384CA2

analogous

#A25938 #A28E38 #81A238

triadic

#A28E38 #38A28E #8E38A2

tetradic

#A28E38 #38A259 #384CA2 #A23881

square

#A28E38 #38A259 #384CA2 #A23881

split-complementary

#A28E38 #3881A2 #5938A2

monochromatic

#473E19 #756628 #A28E38 #C4AF53 #D3C481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A28E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A28E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28E38

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28E38	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.108 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae73',
    500: '#a28e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28e38;
$custom-light: #c0ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6479,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28E38

secondary

#7986BD

accent

#69D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28E38

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

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