#96B359#96B359

#96B359 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B359
RGB	rgb(150, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(79, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -24.38, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 48.86, 119.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0684 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.122 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5010, 39.4453, 15.4561)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B359 #7659B3

analogous

#B3A359 #96B359 #69B359

triadic

#96B359 #5996B3 #B35996

tetradic

#96B359 #59B3A3 #7659B3 #B35969

square

#96B359 #59B3A3 #7659B3 #B35969

split-complementary

#96B359 #5969B3 #A359B3

monochromatic

#52642E #758E41 #96B359 #B1C683 #CBD9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#96B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#96B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B359

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B359	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c98a',
    500: '#96b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b359;
$custom-light: #b6c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.333,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72494,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B359

secondary

#ADA0C7

accent

#5BCD80

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B359

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

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