#A29C2E#A29C2E
#A29C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.128 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A29C2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(162, 156, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 56%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 72%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.6%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.06, -10.94, 55.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.06, 56.29, 101.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.78% -0.0357 0.1226) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.78% 0.128 106.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.2830, 31.6565, 7.2574) |
| Luminance | 0.3166 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.68
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.26
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.33
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.79
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 6.18
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A29C2E #2E34A2
analogous
#A2622E #A29C2E #6EA22E
triadic
#A29C2E #2EA29C #9C2EA2
tetradic
#A29C2E #2EA262 #2E34A2 #A22E6E
square
#A29C2E #2EA262 #2E34A2 #A22E6E
split-complementary
#A29C2E #2E6EA2 #622EA2
monochromatic
#434013 #726E20 #A29C2E #CAC343 #D7D273
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.86
#A29C2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.33
#A29C2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A29C2E
7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A29C2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A29C2E | 1.00 | 2.86 | 7.33 | 7.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.86 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9961C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9B36
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AE9186
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a29c2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 156, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.128 106.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1b86e',
500: '#a29c2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a29c2e; $custom-light: #c1b86e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a29c2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 162,
"g": 156,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.897,
"s": 55.769,
"l": 40.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67778,
"c": 0.12766,
"h": 106.2
},
"luminance": 0.31656
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A29C2E
secondary
#6D71BF
accent
#50DF49
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131108
muted
#82807B