#A9B827#A9B827

#A9B827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.159 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B827
RGB	rgb(169, 184, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -22.51, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 69.38, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0689 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.159 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8698, 42.8630, 8.4082)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B827 #3627B8

analogous

#B87E27 #A9B827 #60B827

triadic

#A9B827 #27A9B8 #B827A9

tetradic

#A9B827 #27B87E #3627B8 #B82760

square

#A9B827 #27B87E #3627B8 #B82760

split-complementary

#A9B827 #2760B8 #7E27B8

monochromatic

#4C5312 #7B861C #A9B827 #C8D845 #D7E277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A9B827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#A9B827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B827

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B827	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 184, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.159 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd6e',
    500: '#a9b827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b827;
$custom-light: #c6cd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74629,
    "c": 0.15885,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B827

secondary

#7A71CA

accent

#40E851

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B827

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

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