#A9A727#A9A727

#A9A727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.141 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A727
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -13.92, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 62.87, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0451 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.141 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5483, 36.2199, 7.3010)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A727 #2729A9

analogous

#A96627 #A9A727 #6AA927

triadic

#A9A727 #27A9A7 #A727A9

tetradic

#A9A727 #27A966 #2729A9 #A9276A

square

#A9A727 #27A966 #2729A9 #A9276A

split-complementary

#A9A727 #276AA9 #6627A9

monochromatic

#464510 #77761C #A9A727 #D2D03B #DDDC6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A9A727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A727

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A727	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.141 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06c',
    500: '#a9a727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a727;
$custom-light: #c6c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70805,
    "c": 0.14132,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A727

secondary

#6869C4

accent

#45E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A727

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

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