#9C8F27#9C8F27

#9C8F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.121 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F27
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -7.02, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 54.06, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.025 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.121 102)
XYZ	xyz(23.9001, 26.8604, 5.8447)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F27 #27349C

analogous

#9C5427 #9C8F27 #6E9C27

triadic

#9C8F27 #279C8F #8F279C

tetradic

#9C8F27 #279C54 #27349C #9C276E

square

#9C8F27 #279C54 #27349C #9C276E

split-complementary

#9C8F27 #276E9C #54279C

monochromatic

#3A350F #6B621B #9C8F27 #CCBB34 #D8CC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9C8F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F27

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F27	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.121 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf69',
    500: '#9c8f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f27;
$custom-light: #bdaf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64282,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.26859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F27

secondary

#616BBE

accent

#56E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F27

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

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