#9EAE27#9EAE27

#9EAE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.152 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE27
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -22.24, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 65.86, 109.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0676 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.152 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6036, 37.6881, 7.6341)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE27 #3727AE

analogous

#AE7B27 #9EAE27 #5BAE27

triadic

#9EAE27 #279EAE #AE279E

tetradic

#9EAE27 #27AE7B #3727AE #AE275B

square

#9EAE27 #27AE7B #3727AE #AE275B

split-complementary

#9EAE27 #275BAE #7B27AE

monochromatic

#434A11 #717C1C #9EAE27 #C2D43E #D2DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9EAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE27

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE27	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.152 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec66d',
    500: '#9eae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae27;
$custom-light: #bec66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71473,
    "c": 0.15169,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE27

secondary

#766BC6

accent

#41E655

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE27

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

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