#A9AF27#A9AF27

#A9AF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.149 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AF27
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -18.01, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 65.86, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0564 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.149 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0595, 39.2422, 7.8048)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AF27 #2D27AF

analogous

#AF7127 #A9AF27 #65AF27

triadic

#A9AF27 #27A9AF #AF27A9

tetradic

#A9AF27 #27AF71 #2D27AF #AF2765

square

#A9AF27 #27AF71 #2D27AF #AF2765

split-complementary

#A9AF27 #2765AF #7127AF

monochromatic

#484B11 #797D1C #A9AF27 #CED43F #DADF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A9AF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A9AF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AF27

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AF27	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9af27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.149 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c66d',
    500: '#a9af27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9af27;
$custom-light: #c6c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9af27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.647,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72595,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AF27

secondary

#6F6BC6

accent

#41E749

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AF27

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

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