#96A51B#96A51B

#96A51B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.150 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A51B
RGB	rgb(150, 165, 27)
HSL	hsl(67, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 83.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -21.63, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 65.92, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0664 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.15 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2314, 33.4738, 6.1159)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A51B #2A1BA5

analogous

#A56F1B #96A51B #51A51B

triadic

#96A51B #1B96A5 #A51B96

tetradic

#96A51B #1BA56F #2A1BA5 #A51B51

square

#96A51B #1BA56F #2A1BA5 #A51B51

split-complementary

#96A51B #1B51A5 #6F1BA5

monochromatic

#363C0A #667012 #96A51B #C6DA24 #D4E357

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#96A51B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#96A51B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A51B

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A51B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A51B	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)

#B09D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a51b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 165, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.150 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bf67',
    500: '#96a51b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a51b;
$custom-light: #b9bf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a51b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68695,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A51B

secondary

#6155C7

accent

#39EF4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A51B

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

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