#9EB427#9EB427

#9EB427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.158 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB427
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -25.19, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 68.37, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0757 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.158 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7887, 40.0584, 8.0291)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB427 #3D27B4

analogous

#B48427 #9EB427 #57B427

triadic

#9EB427 #279EB4 #B4279E

tetradic

#9EB427 #27B484 #3D27B4 #B42757

square

#9EB427 #27B484 #3D27B4 #B42757

split-complementary

#9EB427 #2757B4 #8427B4

monochromatic

#464F11 #72821C #9EB427 #BFD642 #D0E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EB427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#9EB427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB427

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB427	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.158 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beca6e',
    500: '#9eb427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb427;
$custom-light: #beca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.362,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72857,
    "c": 0.15839,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB427

secondary

#7D6FC8

accent

#40E75A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB427

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

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