#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
RGBrgb(169, 170, 39)
HSLhsl(60, 63%, 41%)
HSVhsv(60, 77%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0.6%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.53, -15.46, 62.07)
CIE-LCHlch(67.53, 63.97, 103.99°)
OKLaboklab(71.47% -0.0494 0.1356)
OKLCHoklch(71.47% 0.144 110)
XYZxyz(31.1043, 37.3319, 7.4864)
Luminance0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A9AA271.002.488.478.47
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4721.001.001.00
##0000008.4721.001.001.00

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

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#A9AA27 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva