#A9A627#A9A627

#A9A627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.140 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A627
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -13.40, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 62.51, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0436 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.14 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3658, 35.8550, 7.2402)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A627 #272AA9

analogous

#A96527 #A9A627 #6BA927

triadic

#A9A627 #27A9A6 #A627A9

tetradic

#A9A627 #27A965 #272AA9 #A9276B

square

#A9A627 #27A965 #272AA9 #A9276B

split-complementary

#A9A627 #276BA9 #6527A9

monochromatic

#464410 #77751C #A9A627 #D2CE3B #DDDB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A9A627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A9A627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A627

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A627	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.140 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06c',
    500: '#a9a627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a627;
$custom-light: #c6c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70583,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A627

secondary

#686AC4

accent

#46E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A627

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

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