#96A523#96A523

#96A523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.146 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A523
RGB	rgb(150, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -21.34, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 63.76, 109.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.065 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.147 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3369, 33.5160, 6.6716)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A523 #3223A5

analogous

#A57323 #96A523 #55A523

triadic

#96A523 #2396A5 #A52396

tetradic

#96A523 #23A573 #3223A5 #A52355

square

#96A523 #23A573 #3223A5 #A52355

split-complementary

#96A523 #2355A5 #7323A5

monochromatic

#3A400E #687318 #96A523 #C1D332 #D0DE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#96A523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#96A523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A523

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A523	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.146 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bf6a',
    500: '#96a523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a523;
$custom-light: #b8bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68733,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A523

secondary

#6C60C4

accent

#40E853

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A523

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

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