#A9A027#A9A027

#A9A027 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.135 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A027
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -10.27, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 60.41, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0348 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.135 105)
XYZ	xyz(29.3005, 33.7243, 6.8851)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A027 #2730A9

analogous

#A95F27 #A9A027 #71A927

triadic

#A9A027 #27A9A0 #A027A9

tetradic

#A9A027 #27A95F #2730A9 #A92771

square

#A9A027 #27A95F #2730A9 #A92771

split-complementary

#A9A027 #2771A9 #5F27A9

monochromatic

#464210 #77711C #A9A027 #D2C73B #DDD66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A9A027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A027

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A027	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.135 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6b',
    500: '#a9a027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a027;
$custom-light: #c6bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69255,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.33723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A027

secondary

#686EC4

accent

#4EE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A027

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

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