#96B421#96B421

#96B421 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.164 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B421
RGB	rgb(150, 180, 33)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(72, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -28.76, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 70.65, 114.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0855 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.164 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1740, 39.2364, 7.4750)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B421 #3F21B4

analogous

#B48921 #96B421 #4DB421

triadic

#96B421 #2196B4 #B42196

tetradic

#96B421 #21B489 #3F21B4 #B4214D

square

#96B421 #21B489 #3F21B4 #B4214D

split-complementary

#96B421 #214DB4 #8921B4

monochromatic

#404D0E #6B8018 #96B421 #B9DA38 #CBE46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#96B421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#96B421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B421

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B421	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FAA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 180, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.164 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ca6b',
    500: '#96b421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b421;
$custom-light: #b9ca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.245,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72231,
    "c": 0.16441,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B421

secondary

#7B67CA

accent

#3CEC60

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B421

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

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