#9CB427#9CB427

#9CB427 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.159 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB427
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -26.03, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 68.52, 112.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0779 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.159 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3984, 39.8571, 8.0108)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB427 #3F27B4

analogous

#B48627 #9CB427 #55B427

triadic

#9CB427 #279CB4 #B4279C

tetradic

#9CB427 #27B486 #3F27B4 #B42755

square

#9CB427 #27B486 #3F27B4 #B42755

split-complementary

#9CB427 #2755B4 #8627B4

monochromatic

#454F11 #70821C #9CB427 #BDD642 #CEE174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9CB427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB427

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB427	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.159 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca6e',
    500: '#9cb427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb427;
$custom-light: #bdca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.213,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72705,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB427

secondary

#7E6FC8

accent

#40E75D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB427

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

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