#9CA427#9CA427

#9CA427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.141 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA427
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -18.06, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 61.86, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0559 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.141 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3528, 33.7659, 6.9956)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA427 #2F27A4

analogous

#A46E27 #9CA427 #5EA427

triadic

#9CA427 #279CA4 #A4279C

tetradic

#9CA427 #27A46E #2F27A4 #A4275E

square

#9CA427 #27A46E #2F27A4 #A4275E

split-complementary

#9CA427 #275EA4 #6E27A4

monochromatic

#3E410F #6D731B #9CA427 #C6D038 #D4DC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9CA427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9CA427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA427

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA427	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.141 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbe6c',
    500: '#9ca427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca427;
$custom-light: #bdbe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69016,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA427

secondary

#6B65C2

accent

#43E54D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA427

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

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