#9CAA27#9CAA27

#9CAA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.148 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA27
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -21.10, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 64.31, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0643 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.148 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4520, 35.9643, 7.3620)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA27 #3527AA

analogous

#AA7627 #9CAA27 #5AAA27

triadic

#9CAA27 #279CAA #AA279C

tetradic

#9CAA27 #27AA76 #3527AA #AA275A

square

#9CAA27 #27AA76 #3527AA #AA275A

split-complementary

#9CAA27 #275AAA #7627AA

monochromatic

#414610 #6E781C #9CAA27 #C2D23C #D2DE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#9CAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA27

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA27	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.148 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36c',
    500: '#9caa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa27;
$custom-light: #bdc36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.412,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70393,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA27

secondary

#7269C4

accent

#42E654

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA27

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

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