#A9AA27#A9AA27

#A9AA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.144 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA27
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -15.46, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 63.97, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0494 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.144 110)
XYZ	xyz(31.1043, 37.3319, 7.4864)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA27 #2827AA

analogous

#AA6927 #A9AA27 #67AA27

triadic

#A9AA27 #27A9AA #AA27A9

tetradic

#A9AA27 #27AA69 #2827AA #AA2767

square

#A9AA27 #27AA69 #2827AA #AA2767

split-complementary

#A9AA27 #2767AA #6927AA

monochromatic

#464610 #78781C #A9AA27 #D1D23C #DDDE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A9AA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A9AA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA27

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA27	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.144 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36d',
    500: '#a9aa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa27;
$custom-light: #c6c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71474,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.37331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA27

secondary

#6969C4

accent

#42E643

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA27

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

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