#A9A327#A9A327

#A9A327 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.137 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A327
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -11.84, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 61.45, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0392 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.137 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8268, 34.7770, 7.0606)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A327 #272DA9

analogous

#A96227 #A9A327 #6EA927

triadic

#A9A327 #27A9A3 #A327A9

tetradic

#A9A327 #27A962 #272DA9 #A9276E

square

#A9A327 #27A962 #272DA9 #A9276E

split-complementary

#A9A327 #276EA9 #6227A9

monochromatic

#464310 #77731C #A9A327 #D2CB3B #DDD86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A9A327 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A327

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A327	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.137 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6c',
    500: '#a9a327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a327;
$custom-light: #c6bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69917,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A327

secondary

#686CC4

accent

#4AE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A327

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

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