#A9A127#A9A127

#A9A127 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A127
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -10.79, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 60.75, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0363 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4745, 34.0724, 6.9431)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A127 #272FA9

analogous

#A96027 #A9A127 #70A927

triadic

#A9A127 #27A9A1 #A127A9

tetradic

#A9A127 #27A960 #272FA9 #A92770

square

#A9A127 #27A960 #272FA9 #A92770

split-complementary

#A9A127 #2770A9 #6027A9

monochromatic

#464210 #77721C #A9A127 #D2C93B #DDD66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A9A127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A9A127 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A127

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A127	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc6c',
    500: '#a9a127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a127;
$custom-light: #c6bc6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69475,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A127

secondary

#686EC4

accent

#4CE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A127

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

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