#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
RGBrgb(156, 180, 39)
HSLhsl(70, 64%, 43%)
HSVhsv(70, 78%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(13.3%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.37, -26.03, 63.38)
CIE-LCHlch(69.37, 68.52, 112.33°)
OKLaboklab(72.71% -0.0779 0.1388)
OKLCHoklch(72.71% 0.159 119.3)
XYZxyz(30.3984, 39.8571, 8.0108)
Luminance0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##9CB4271.002.348.978.97
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9721.001.001.00
##0000008.9721.001.001.00

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

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#9CB427 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva