#A9A827#A9A827

#A9A827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.142 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A827
RGB	rgb(169, 168, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -14.43, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 63.24, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0465 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.142 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7322, 36.5877, 7.3623)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A827 #2728A9

analogous

#A96727 #A9A827 #69A927

triadic

#A9A827 #27A9A8 #A827A9

tetradic

#A9A827 #27A967 #2728A9 #A92769

square

#A9A827 #27A967 #2728A9 #A92769

split-complementary

#A9A827 #2769A9 #6727A9

monochromatic

#464510 #77771C #A9A827 #D2D13B #DDDC6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A9A827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A9A827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A827

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A827	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 168, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.142 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16c',
    500: '#a9a827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a827;
$custom-light: #c6c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71028,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A827

secondary

#6869C4

accent

#43E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A827

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

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