#96A516#96A516

#96A516 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.152 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A516
RGB	rgb(150, 165, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 86.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -21.78, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 67.06, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.067 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.152 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1784, 33.4526, 5.8369)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A516 #2516A5

analogous

#A56D16 #96A516 #4EA516

triadic

#96A516 #1696A5 #A51696

tetradic

#96A516 #16A56D #2516A5 #A5164E

square

#96A516 #16A56D #2516A5 #A5164E

split-complementary

#96A516 #164EA5 #6D16A5

monochromatic

#343908 #656F0F #96A516 #C7DB1D #D7E74E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#96A516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#96A516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A516

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A516	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 165, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.152 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bf65',
    500: '#96a516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a516;
$custom-light: #b9bf65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.294,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68676,
    "c": 0.15189,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A516

secondary

#5B4EC9

accent

#35F349

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121206

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A516

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

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