#A29938#A29938

#A29938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29938
RGB	rgb(162, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -8.77, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 51.11, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0284 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.118 104)
XYZ	xyz(27.0064, 30.7504, 8.2535)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29938 #3841A2

analogous

#A26438 #A29938 #76A238

triadic

#A29938 #38A299 #9938A2

tetradic

#A29938 #38A264 #3841A2 #A23876

square

#A29938 #38A264 #3841A2 #A23876

split-complementary

#A29938 #3876A2 #6438A2

monochromatic

#474319 #756E28 #A29938 #C4BA53 #D3CC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A29938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A29938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29938

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29938	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b674',
    500: '#a29938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29938;
$custom-light: #c0b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67195,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.30749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29938

secondary

#797FBD

accent

#5BD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29938

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

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