#9CA927#9CA927

#9CA927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.147 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA927
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -20.60, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 63.90, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0629 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.147 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2653, 35.5908, 7.2998)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA927 #3427A9

analogous

#A97527 #9CA927 #5BA927

triadic

#9CA927 #279CA9 #A9279C

tetradic

#9CA927 #27A975 #3427A9 #A9275B

square

#9CA927 #27A975 #3427A9 #A9275B

split-complementary

#9CA927 #275BA9 #7527A9

monochromatic

#404610 #6E771C #9CA927 #C3D23B #D2DD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9CA927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#9CA927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA927

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA927	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.147 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc26c',
    500: '#9ca927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca927;
$custom-light: #bdc26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70162,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA927

secondary

#7168C4

accent

#42E653

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA927

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

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