#A9A427#A9A427

#A9A427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.138 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A427
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -12.36, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 61.80, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0407 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.138 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0051, 35.1335, 7.1200)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A427 #272CA9

analogous

#A96327 #A9A427 #6DA927

triadic

#A9A427 #27A9A4 #A427A9

tetradic

#A9A427 #27A963 #272CA9 #A9276D

square

#A9A427 #27A963 #272CA9 #A9276D

split-complementary

#A9A427 #276DA9 #6327A9

monochromatic

#464310 #77741C #A9A427 #D2CC3B #DDD96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A9A427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A9A427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A427

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A427	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.138 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6c',
    500: '#a9a427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a427;
$custom-light: #c6be6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70139,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A427

secondary

#686BC4

accent

#49E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A427

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

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