#A9BA27#A9BA27

#A9BA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.161 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BA27
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -23.49, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 70.18, 109.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0716 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.161 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2882, 43.6998, 8.5477)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BA27 #3827BA

analogous

#BA8227 #A9BA27 #60BA27

triadic

#A9BA27 #27A9BA #BA27A9

tetradic

#A9BA27 #27BA82 #3827BA #BA2760

square

#A9BA27 #27BA82 #3827BA #BA2760

split-complementary

#A9BA27 #2760BA #8227BA

monochromatic

#4D5512 #7B871C #A9BA27 #C7D846 #D7E379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A9BA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#A9BA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BA27

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BA27	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ba27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.161 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce6f',
    500: '#a9ba27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ba27;
$custom-light: #c6ce6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ba27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.939,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75083,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BA27

secondary

#7C72CB

accent

#40E853

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BA27

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

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