#9FAA27#9FAA27

#9FAA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.147 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAA27
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -19.81, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 64.18, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0609 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.147 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0399, 36.2674, 7.3896)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAA27 #3227AA

analogous

#AA7327 #9FAA27 #5DAA27

triadic

#9FAA27 #279FAA #AA279F

tetradic

#9FAA27 #27AA73 #3227AA #AA275D

square

#9FAA27 #27AA73 #3227AA #AA275D

split-complementary

#9FAA27 #275DAA #7327AA

monochromatic

#424610 #70781C #9FAA27 #C6D23C #D4DE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9FAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#9FAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAA27

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAA27	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.147 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc36c',
    500: '#9faa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faa27;
$custom-light: #bfc36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70635,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAA27

secondary

#7069C4

accent

#42E650

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAA27

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

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