#A9AC27#A9AC27

#A9AC27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.146 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9AC27
RGBrgb(169, 172, 39)
HSLhsl(61, 63%, 41%)
HSVhsv(61, 77%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.08, -16.49, 62.58)
CIE-LCHlch(68.08, 64.72, 104.76°)
OKLaboklab(71.92% -0.0522 0.1367)
OKLCHoklch(71.92% 0.146 110.9)
XYZxyz(31.4820, 38.0874, 7.6123)
Luminance0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9AC27 #2A27AC
analogous
#AC6D27 #A9AC27 #67AC27
triadic
#A9AC27 #27A9AC #AC27A9
tetradic
#A9AC27 #27AC6D #2A27AC #AC2767
square
#A9AC27 #27AC6D #2A27AC #AC2767
split-complementary
#A9AC27 #2767AC #6D27AC
monochromatic
#474810 #787A1C #A9AC27 #D0D33D #DCDE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#A9AC27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62
#A9AC27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC27
8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9AC27#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9AC271.002.448.628.62
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6221.001.001.00
##0000008.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA833
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5A193
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9ac27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.146 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c46d',
    500: '#a9ac27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9ac27;
$custom-light: #c6c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9ac27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71922,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9AC27
secondary
#6C6AC5
accent
#42E645
background
#FCFCF6
surface
#F9F8EC
border
#D2D1C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B

Preview Lab

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#A9AC27 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva