#96A538#96A538

#96A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.133 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A538
RGB	rgb(150, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -20.22, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 56.33, 111.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0599 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.133 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7472, 33.6801, 8.8325)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A538 #4738A5

analogous

#A57D38 #96A538 #5FA538

triadic

#96A538 #3896A5 #A53896

tetradic

#96A538 #38A57D #4738A5 #A5385F

square

#96A538 #38A57D #4738A5 #A5385F

split-complementary

#96A538 #385FA5 #7D38A5

monochromatic

#434A19 #6C7728 #96A538 #B6C555 #C9D583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#96A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#96A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A538

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A538	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.133 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bf74',
    500: '#96a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a538;
$custom-light: #b8bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.257,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6888,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A538

secondary

#847ABE

accent

#4FD962

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A538

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

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