#9E9727#9E9727

#9E9727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.128 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9727
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -10.41, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 56.91, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0346 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.128 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5344, 29.5498, 6.2777)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9727 #272E9E

analogous

#9E5B27 #9E9727 #699E27

triadic

#9E9727 #279E97 #97279E

tetradic

#9E9727 #279E5B #272E9E #9E2769

square

#9E9727 #279E5B #272E9E #9E2769

split-complementary

#9E9727 #27699E #5B279E

monochromatic

#3C390F #6D681B #9E9727 #CDC435 #D9D266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9E9727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#9E9727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9727

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9727	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.128 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb56a',
    500: '#9e9727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9727;
$custom-light: #beb56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6625,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9727

secondary

#6267BF

accent

#4EE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9727

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

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