#A9BC27#A9BC27

#A9BC27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.163 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC27
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -24.47, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 70.99, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0743 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.163 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7125, 44.5484, 8.6891)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC27 #3A27BC

analogous

#BC8527 #A9BC27 #5FBC27

triadic

#A9BC27 #27A9BC #BC27A9

tetradic

#A9BC27 #27BC85 #3A27BC #BC275F

square

#A9BC27 #27BC85 #3A27BC #BC275F

split-complementary

#A9BC27 #275FBC #8527BC

monochromatic

#4E5712 #7B891C #A9BC27 #C6D947 #D6E37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BC27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#A9BC27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC27

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC27	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.163 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d06f',
    500: '#a9bc27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc27;
$custom-light: #c6d06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.651,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75538,
    "c": 0.16319,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC27

secondary

#7F73CB

accent

#3FE955

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC27

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

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