#A29C42#A29C42

#A29C42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.112 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29C42
RGB	rgb(162, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -9.68, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 47.83, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0299 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.112 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7730, 31.8526, 9.8384)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29C42 #4248A2

analogous

#A26C42 #A29C42 #78A242

triadic

#A29C42 #42A29C #9C42A2

tetradic

#A29C42 #42A26C #4248A2 #A24278

square

#A29C42 #42A26C #4248A2 #A24278

split-complementary

#A29C42 #4278A2 #6C42A2

monochromatic

#4B481F #777230 #A29C42 #BFB962 #D1CD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A29C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A29C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29C42

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29C42	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.112 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b97a',
    500: '#a29c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29c42;
$custom-light: #c0b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6796,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29C42

secondary

#8487BC

accent

#5ED256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29C42

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

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