#9CA327#9CA327
#9CA327 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.140 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA327 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 163, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 61%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 76%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 76.1%, 36.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.49, -17.55, 58.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.49, 61.46, 106.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.79% -0.0545 0.1293) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.79% 0.14 112.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.1746, 33.4094, 6.9362) |
| Luminance | 0.3341 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.20
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.62
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.32
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.50
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.82
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA327 #2E27A3
analogous
#A36C27 #9CA327 #5EA327
triadic
#9CA327 #279CA3 #A3279C
tetradic
#9CA327 #27A36C #2E27A3 #A3275E
square
#9CA327 #27A36C #2E27A3 #A3275E
split-complementary
#9CA327 #275EA3 #6C27A3
monochromatic
#3D400F #6D721B #9CA327 #C7CF38 #D5DB69
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.73
#9CA327 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.68
#9CA327 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA327
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA327 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA327 | 1.00 | 2.73 | 7.68 | 7.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09B08
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7998C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca327; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.140 112.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdbe6b',
500: '#9ca327',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca327; $custom-light: #bdbe6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca327",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 163,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.387,
"s": 61.386,
"l": 39.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68787,
"c": 0.14032,
"h": 112.8
},
"luminance": 0.33409
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA327
secondary
#6A64C1
accent
#43E44C
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#121207
muted
#81817A