#A9B627#A9B627

#A9B627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.157 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B627
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 78.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -21.52, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 68.58, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0661 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.157 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.4573, 42.0380, 8.2707)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B627 #3427B6

analogous

#B67C27 #A9B627 #61B627

triadic

#A9B627 #27A9B6 #B627A9

tetradic

#A9B627 #27B67C #3427B6 #B62761

square

#A9B627 #27B67C #3427B6 #B62761

split-complementary

#A9B627 #2761B6 #7C27B6

monochromatic

#4B5111 #7A841C #A9B627 #C9D743 #D8E276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#A9B627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B627

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B627	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.157 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6e',
    500: '#a9b627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b627;
$custom-light: #c6cb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.15671,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.42037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B627

secondary

#7870C9

accent

#40E84F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B627

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

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