#A9B227#A9B227

#A9B227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.152 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B227
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -19.52, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 67.01, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0606 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.152 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6498, 40.4230, 8.0016)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B227 #3027B2

analogous

#B27627 #A9B227 #63B227

triadic

#A9B227 #27A9B2 #B227A9

tetradic

#A9B227 #27B276 #3027B2 #B22763

square

#A9B227 #27B276 #3027B2 #B22763

split-complementary

#A9B227 #2763B2 #7627B2

monochromatic

#4A4E11 #79801C #A9B227 #CCD541 #D9E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9B227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A9B227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B227

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B227	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.152 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c86e',
    500: '#a9b227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b227;
$custom-light: #c6c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.885,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73271,
    "c": 0.15247,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B227

secondary

#736DC8

accent

#41E74C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B227

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

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