#9DAD27#9DAD27
#9DAD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.151 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9DAD27 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(157, 173, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 63%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 77%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.43, -22.17, 61.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.43, 65.50, 109.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.16% -0.0673 0.1351) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.16% 0.151 116.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.2152, 37.2021, 7.5608) |
| Luminance | 0.3720 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 1.73
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.19
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.30
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.93
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 2.98
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9DAD27 #3727AD
analogous
#AD7A27 #9DAD27 #5AAD27
triadic
#9DAD27 #279DAD #AD279D
tetradic
#9DAD27 #27AD7A #3727AD #AD275A
square
#9DAD27 #27AD7A #3727AD #AD275A
split-complementary
#9DAD27 #275AAD #7A27AD
monochromatic
#424910 #707B1C #9DAD27 #C2D33E #D1DF70
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.49
#9DAD27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.44
#9DAD27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9DAD27
8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9DAD27 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9DAD27 | 1.00 | 2.49 | 8.44 | 8.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A533
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7A394
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9dad27; /* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 173, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.151 116.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec56d',
500: '#9dad27',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9dad27; $custom-light: #bec56d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9dad27",
"rgb": {
"r": 157,
"g": 173,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.164,
"s": 63.208,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71163,
"c": 0.15092,
"h": 116.5
},
"luminance": 0.37202
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9DAD27
secondary
#756AC6
accent
#42E655
background
#FCFCF6
surface
#F8F8EC
border
#D1D1C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B