#9CA727#9CA727

#9CA727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.145 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA727
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -19.59, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 63.08, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0601 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.145 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8961, 34.8524, 7.1767)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA727 #3227A7

analogous

#A77227 #9CA727 #5CA727

triadic

#9CA727 #279CA7 #A7279C

tetradic

#9CA727 #27A772 #3227A7 #A7275C

square

#9CA727 #27A772 #3227A7 #A7275C

split-complementary

#9CA727 #275CA7 #7227A7

monochromatic

#3F4410 #6E751B #9CA727 #C4D13A #D3DD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9CA727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#9CA727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA727

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA727	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.145 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc16c',
    500: '#9ca727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca727;
$custom-light: #bdc16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.156,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69703,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA727

secondary

#6F67C3

accent

#43E551

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA727

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

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