#9CAF27#9CAF27

#9CAF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.154 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAF27
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -23.58, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 66.40, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0712 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.154 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4072, 37.8747, 7.6804)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF27 #3A27AF

analogous

#AF7E27 #9CAF27 #58AF27

triadic

#9CAF27 #279CAF #AF279C

tetradic

#9CAF27 #27AF7E #3A27AF #AF2758

square

#9CAF27 #27AF7E #3A27AF #AF2758

split-complementary

#9CAF27 #2758AF #7E27AF

monochromatic

#434B11 #6F7D1C #9CAF27 #BFD43F #D0DF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9CAF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF27

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF27	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.154 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66d',
    500: '#9caf27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf27;
$custom-light: #bdc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.382,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71546,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF27

secondary

#786BC6

accent

#41E758

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF27

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

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