#9DB427#9DB427

#9DB427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.159 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB427
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -25.61, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 68.44, 111.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0768 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.159 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5928, 39.9573, 8.0200)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB427 #3E27B4

analogous

#B48427 #9DB427 #57B427

triadic

#9DB427 #279DB4 #B4279D

tetradic

#9DB427 #27B484 #3E27B4 #B42757

square

#9DB427 #27B484 #3E27B4 #B42757

split-complementary

#9DB427 #2757B4 #8427B4

monochromatic

#454F11 #71821C #9DB427 #BED642 #CFE174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9DB427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#9DB427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB427

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB427	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.159 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beca6e',
    500: '#9db427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db427;
$custom-light: #beca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.787,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB427

secondary

#7D6FC8

accent

#40E75C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB427

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

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