#A28E42#A28E42

#A28E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.099 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A28E42
RGB	rgb(162, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -2.12, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 42.55, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0082 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.099 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5577, 27.4219, 9.0999)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A28E42 #4256A2

analogous

#A25E42 #A28E42 #86A242

triadic

#A28E42 #42A28E #8E42A2

tetradic

#A28E42 #42A25E #4256A2 #A24286

square

#A28E42 #42A25E #4256A2 #A24286

split-complementary

#A28E42 #4286A2 #5E42A2

monochromatic

#4B421F #776830 #A28E42 #BFAC62 #D1C38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A28E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A28E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A28E42

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A28E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A28E42	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a28e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.099 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae79',
    500: '#a28e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a28e42;
$custom-light: #c0ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a28e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.649,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A28E42

secondary

#8490BC

accent

#70D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A28E42

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

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