#9CA527#9CA527

#9CA527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.142 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA527
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -18.57, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 62.27, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0573 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.142 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5325, 34.1252, 7.0555)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA527 #3027A5

analogous

#A56F27 #9CA527 #5DA527

triadic

#9CA527 #279CA5 #A5279C

tetradic

#9CA527 #27A56F #3027A5 #A5275D

square

#9CA527 #27A56F #3027A5 #A5275D

split-complementary

#9CA527 #275DA5 #6F27A5

monochromatic

#3E4210 #6D741B #9CA527 #C5D039 #D4DC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9CA527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#9CA527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA527

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA527	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.142 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf6c',
    500: '#9ca527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca527;
$custom-light: #bdbf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69245,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA527

secondary

#6C66C2

accent

#43E54F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA527

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

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