#9EA427#9EA427

#9EA427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.141 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA427
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -17.19, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 61.81, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0536 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.141 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7431, 33.9672, 7.0139)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA427 #2D27A4

analogous

#A46C27 #9EA427 #60A427

triadic

#9EA427 #279EA4 #A4279E

tetradic

#9EA427 #27A46C #2D27A4 #A42760

square

#9EA427 #27A46C #2D27A4 #A42760

split-complementary

#9EA427 #2760A4 #6C27A4

monochromatic

#3F410F #6E731B #9EA427 #C9D038 #D6DC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9EA427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#9EA427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA427

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA427	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.141 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebe6c',
    500: '#9ea427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea427;
$custom-light: #bebe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69184,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA427

secondary

#6965C2

accent

#43E54B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA427

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

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