#9FA927#9FA927

#9FA927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.146 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA927
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -19.30, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 63.78, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0595 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.146 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8531, 35.8939, 7.3273)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA927 #3127A9

analogous

#A97227 #9FA927 #5EA927

triadic

#9FA927 #279FA9 #A9279F

tetradic

#9FA927 #27A972 #3127A9 #A9275E

square

#9FA927 #27A972 #3127A9 #A9275E

split-complementary

#9FA927 #275EA9 #7227A9

monochromatic

#414610 #70771C #9FA927 #C6D23B #D5DD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9FA927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#9FA927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA927

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA927	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.146 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc26c',
    500: '#9fa927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa927;
$custom-light: #bfc26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70407,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA927

secondary

#6F68C4

accent

#42E64F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA927

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

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