#A9A227#A9A227

#A9A227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.137 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A227
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -11.32, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 61.10, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0378 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.137 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6500, 34.4233, 7.0016)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A227 #272EA9

analogous

#A96127 #A9A227 #6FA927

triadic

#A9A227 #27A9A2 #A227A9

tetradic

#A9A227 #27A961 #272EA9 #A9276F

square

#A9A227 #27A961 #272EA9 #A9276F

split-complementary

#A9A227 #276FA9 #6127A9

monochromatic

#464310 #77721C #A9A227 #D2CA3B #DDD76D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A9A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A9A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A227

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A227	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.137 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6c',
    500: '#a9a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a227;
$custom-light: #c6bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69696,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A227

secondary

#686DC4

accent

#4BE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A227

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

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