#9DAE27#9DAE27

#9DAE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.152 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAE27
RGB	rgb(157, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -22.66, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 65.92, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0687 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.152 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4077, 37.5871, 7.6249)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAE27 #3827AE

analogous

#AE7C27 #9DAE27 #59AE27

triadic

#9DAE27 #279DAE #AE279D

tetradic

#9DAE27 #27AE7C #3827AE #AE2759

square

#9DAE27 #27AE7C #3827AE #AE2759

split-complementary

#9DAE27 #2759AE #7C27AE

monochromatic

#434A11 #707C1C #9DAE27 #C1D43E #D1DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9DAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#9DAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAE27

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAE27	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.152 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec66d',
    500: '#9dae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dae27;
$custom-light: #bec66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71394,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAE27

secondary

#766BC6

accent

#41E656

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAE27

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

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