#A9B427#A9B427

#A9B427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.155 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B427
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -20.52, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 67.80, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0634 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.155 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0507, 41.2247, 8.1352)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B427 #3227B4

analogous

#B47827 #A9B427 #62B427

triadic

#A9B427 #27A9B4 #B427A9

tetradic

#A9B427 #27B478 #3227B4 #B42762

square

#A9B427 #27B478 #3227B4 #B42762

split-complementary

#A9B427 #2762B4 #7827B4

monochromatic

#4B4F11 #7A821C #A9B427 #CBD642 #D9E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A9B427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B427

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B427	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.155 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca6e',
    500: '#a9b427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b427;
$custom-light: #c6ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73723,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B427

secondary

#766FC8

accent

#40E74D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B427

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

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