#96B316#96B316

#96B316 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.167 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B316
RGB	rgb(150, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(71, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(71, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -28.63, 66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 72.67, 113.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0857 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.167 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8432, 38.7822, 6.7251)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B316 #3316B3

analogous

#B38216 #96B316 #48B316

triadic

#96B316 #1696B3 #B31696

tetradic

#96B316 #16B382 #3316B3 #B31648

square

#96B316 #16B382 #3316B3 #B31648

split-complementary

#96B316 #1648B3 #8216B3

monochromatic

#3B4609 #687C0F #96B316 #C0E422 #D0EB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#96B316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#96B316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B316

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B316	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.167 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c967',
    500: '#96b316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b316;
$custom-light: #b9c967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.083,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71954,
    "c": 0.16726,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B316

secondary

#6D57CE

accent

#33F557

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EB

border

#D0D1C6

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B316

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

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