#9BAE27#9BAE27

#9BAE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.153 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BAE27
RGB	rgb(155, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -23.52, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 66.04, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0709 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.153 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0205, 37.3875, 7.6068)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BAE27 #3A27AE

analogous

#AE7D27 #9BAE27 #58AE27

triadic

#9BAE27 #279BAE #AE279B

tetradic

#9BAE27 #27AE7D #3A27AE #AE2758

square

#9BAE27 #27AE7D #3A27AE #AE2758

split-complementary

#9BAE27 #2758AE #7D27AE

monochromatic

#424A11 #6E7C1C #9BAE27 #BFD43E #CFDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9BAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#9BAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BAE27

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BAE27	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.153 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc66d',
    500: '#9bae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bae27;
$custom-light: #bcc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71237,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BAE27

secondary

#786BC6

accent

#41E659

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BAE27

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

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