#96AD21#96AD21

#96AD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.156 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AD21
RGB	rgb(150, 173, 33)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -25.38, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 67.67, 112.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0762 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.156 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7964, 36.4812, 7.0158)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AD21 #3821AD

analogous

#AD7E21 #96AD21 #50AD21

triadic

#96AD21 #2196AD #AD2196

tetradic

#96AD21 #21AD7E #3821AD #AD2150

square

#96AD21 #21AD7E #3821AD #AD2150

split-complementary

#96AD21 #2150AD #7E21AD

monochromatic

#3D460D #697A17 #96AD21 #BDD833 #CEE266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#96AD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#96AD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AD21

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AD21	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96ad21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 173, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.156 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c56a',
    500: '#96ad21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96ad21;
$custom-light: #b9c56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96ad21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.857,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70589,
    "c": 0.15643,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AD21

secondary

#7362C7

accent

#3DEB5A

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AD21

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

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