#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 172, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 63%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 77%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77.3%, 32.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.08, -16.49, 62.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.08, 64.72, 104.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.92% -0.0522 0.1367) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.92% 0.146 110.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.4820, 38.0874, 7.6123) |
| Luminance | 0.3809 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.44
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.61
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.48
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.90
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.39
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.78
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9AC27 | 1.00 | 2.44 | 8.62 | 8.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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