#9CAC27#9CAC27

#9CAC27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.150 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAC27
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -22.10, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 65.14, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0671 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.15 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8298, 36.7199, 7.4880)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAC27 #3727AC

analogous

#AC7A27 #9CAC27 #5AAC27

triadic

#9CAC27 #279CAC #AC279C

tetradic

#9CAC27 #27AC7A #3727AC #AC275A

square

#9CAC27 #27AC7A #3727AC #AC275A

split-complementary

#9CAC27 #275AAC #7A27AC

monochromatic

#424810 #6F7A1C #9CAC27 #C1D33D #D1DE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CAC27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#9CAC27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAC27

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAC27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAC27	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cac27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.150 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc46d',
    500: '#9cac27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cac27;
$custom-light: #bdc46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cac27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.218,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAC27

secondary

#756AC5

accent

#42E655

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAC27

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

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