#9CAE27#9CAE27

#9CAE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.152 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE27
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -23.09, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 65.98, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0698 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.152 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2133, 37.4869, 7.6158)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE27 #3927AE

analogous

#AE7D27 #9CAE27 #59AE27

triadic

#9CAE27 #279CAE #AE279C

tetradic

#9CAE27 #27AE7D #3927AE #AE2759

square

#9CAE27 #27AE7D #3927AE #AE2759

split-complementary

#9CAE27 #2759AE #7D27AE

monochromatic

#424A11 #6F7C1C #9CAE27 #C0D43E #D0DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#9CAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE27

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE27	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.152 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66d',
    500: '#9cae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae27;
$custom-light: #bdc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71315,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE27

secondary

#776BC6

accent

#41E657

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE27

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

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