#9D9427#9D9427

#9D9427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.125 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9427
RGB	rgb(157, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -9.26, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 55.81, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0314 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.125 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8618, 28.4954, 6.1096)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9427 #27309D

analogous

#9D5927 #9D9427 #6B9D27

triadic

#9D9427 #279D94 #94279D

tetradic

#9D9427 #279D59 #27309D #9D276B

square

#9D9427 #279D59 #27309D #9D276B

split-complementary

#9D9427 #276B9D #59279D

monochromatic

#3B380F #6C661B #9D9427 #CDC135 #D9D066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9D9427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#9D9427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9427

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9427	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.125 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb36a',
    500: '#9d9427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9427;
$custom-light: #bdb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65488,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9427

secondary

#6168BF

accent

#51E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9427

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

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