#9CAB27#9CAB27

#9CAB27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.149 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAB27
RGB	rgb(156, 171, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 77.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -21.60, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 64.72, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0657 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.149 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6402, 36.3406, 7.4248)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAB27 #3627AB

analogous

#AB7827 #9CAB27 #5AAB27

triadic

#9CAB27 #279CAB #AB279C

tetradic

#9CAB27 #27AB78 #3627AB #AB275A

square

#9CAB27 #27AB78 #3627AB #AB275A

split-complementary

#9CAB27 #275AAB #7827AB

monochromatic

#414710 #6F791C #9CAB27 #C2D33D #D1DE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9CAB27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#9CAB27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAB27

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAB27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAB27	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cab27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 171, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.149 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36c',
    500: '#9cab27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cab27;
$custom-light: #bdc36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cab27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.818,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70623,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAB27

secondary

#7469C5

accent

#42E655

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAB27

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

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