#A9B027#A9B027

#A9B027 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.150 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B027
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -18.52, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 66.24, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0578 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.15 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2548, 39.6329, 7.8699)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B027 #2E27B0

analogous

#B07327 #A9B027 #64B027

triadic

#A9B027 #27A9B0 #B027A9

tetradic

#A9B027 #27B073 #2E27B0 #B02764

square

#A9B027 #27B073 #2E27B0 #B02764

split-complementary

#A9B027 #2764B0 #7327B0

monochromatic

#494C11 #797E1C #A9B027 #CDD540 #DAE072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A9B027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B027

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B027	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.150 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c76d',
    500: '#a9b027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b027;
$custom-light: #c6c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7282,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B027

secondary

#716CC7

accent

#41E74A

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B027

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

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