#96AE36#96AE36

#96AE36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.146 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AE36
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(72, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -24.83, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 61.30, 113.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.073 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.146 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3801, 37.0226, 9.1403)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AE36 #4E36AE

analogous

#AE8A36 #96AE36 #5AAE36

triadic

#96AE36 #3696AE #AE3696

tetradic

#96AE36 #36AE8A #4E36AE #AE365A

square

#96AE36 #36AE8A #4E36AE #AE365A

split-complementary

#96AE36 #365AAE #8A36AE

monochromatic

#455119 #6E7F28 #96AE36 #B3CB56 #C8D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#96AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#96AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AE36

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AE36	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.146 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c674',
    500: '#96ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96ae36;
$custom-light: #b8c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AE36

secondary

#8B7DC3

accent

#4CDC69

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AE36

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

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