#A9B127#A9B127

#A9B127 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.151 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B127
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -19.02, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 66.63, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0592 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.151 113)
XYZ	xyz(32.4516, 40.0265, 7.9355)
Luminance	0.4003 (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

#A9B127 #2F27B1

analogous

#B17427 #A9B127 #64B127

triadic

#A9B127 #27A9B1 #B127A9

tetradic

#A9B127 #27B174 #2F27B1 #B12764

square

#A9B127 #27B174 #2F27B1 #B12764

split-complementary

#A9B127 #2764B1 #7427B1

monochromatic

#494D11 #797F1C #A9B127 #CCD540 #DAE072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A9B127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A9B127 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B127

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B127	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.151 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c86e',
    500: '#a9b127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b127;
$custom-light: #c6c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73046,
    "c": 0.15143,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.40026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B127

secondary

#726DC7

accent

#41E74B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B127

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

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