#9EAA27#9EAA27

#9EAA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.147 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAA27
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -20.24, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 64.22, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.062 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.147 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8423, 36.1656, 7.3803)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAA27 #3327AA

analogous

#AA7427 #9EAA27 #5CAA27

triadic

#9EAA27 #279EAA #AA279E

tetradic

#9EAA27 #27AA74 #3327AA #AA275C

square

#9EAA27 #27AA74 #3327AA #AA275C

split-complementary

#9EAA27 #275CAA #7427AA

monochromatic

#414610 #70781C #9EAA27 #C4D23C #D3DE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9EAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#9EAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAA27

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAA27	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.147 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec36c',
    500: '#9eaa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaa27;
$custom-light: #bec36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.496,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70554,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAA27

secondary

#7169C4

accent

#42E651

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAA27

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

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