#96B221#96B221

#96B221 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.162 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B221
RGB	rgb(150, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(72, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -27.81, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 69.79, 113.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0829 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.162 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7731, 38.4347, 7.3414)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B221 #3D21B2

analogous

#B28621 #96B221 #4EB221

triadic

#96B221 #2196B2 #B22196

tetradic

#96B221 #21B286 #3D21B2 #B2214E

square

#96B221 #21B286 #3D21B2 #B2214E

split-complementary

#96B221 #214EB2 #8621B2

monochromatic

#3F4B0E #6A7E17 #96B221 #BADA36 #CCE36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#96B221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#96B221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B221

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B221	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.162 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c96b',
    500: '#96b221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b221;
$custom-light: #b9c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.586,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71761,
    "c": 0.16212,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B221

secondary

#7966C9

accent

#3CEC5E

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B221

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

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