#A9B327#A9B327

#A9B327 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.154 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B327
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -20.02, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 67.40, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.062 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.154 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8495, 40.8224, 8.0681)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B327 #3127B3

analogous

#B37727 #A9B327 #63B327

triadic

#A9B327 #27A9B3 #B327A9

tetradic

#A9B327 #27B377 #3127B3 #B32763

square

#A9B327 #27B377 #3127B3 #B32763

split-complementary

#A9B327 #2763B3 #7727B3

monochromatic

#4A4E11 #7A811C #A9B327 #CBD641 #D9E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A9B327 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B327

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B327	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.154 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c96e',
    500: '#a9b327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b327;
$custom-light: #c6c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73497,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B327

secondary

#746EC8

accent

#41E74C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B327

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

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