#A9AB27#A9AB27

#A9AB27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.145 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AB27
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 77.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -15.98, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 64.34, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0508 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.145 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2924, 37.7082, 7.5491)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AB27 #2927AB

analogous

#AB6B27 #A9AB27 #67AB27

triadic

#A9AB27 #27A9AB #AB27A9

tetradic

#A9AB27 #27AB6B #2927AB #AB2767

square

#A9AB27 #27AB6B #2927AB #AB2767

split-complementary

#A9AB27 #2767AB #6B27AB

monochromatic

#464710 #78791C #A9AB27 #D0D33D #DCDE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A9AB27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#A9AB27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AB27

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AB27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AB27	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ab27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.145 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36d',
    500: '#a9ab27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ab27;
$custom-light: #c6c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ab27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71698,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AB27

secondary

#6A69C5

accent

#42E644

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AB27

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

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