#96B422#96B422

#96B422 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	#96B422
RGB	rgb(150, 180, 34)
HSL	hsl(72, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(72, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -28.73, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 70.39, 114.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0853 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.164 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1882, 39.2420, 7.5498)
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

#96B422 #4022B4

analogous

#B48922 #96B422 #4DB422

triadic

#96B422 #2296B4 #B42296

tetradic

#96B422 #22B489 #4022B4 #B4224D

square

#96B422 #22B489 #4022B4 #B4224D

split-complementary

#96B422 #224DB4 #8922B4

monochromatic

#404D0F #6B8118 #96B422 #B9DA3A #CBE36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#96B422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#96B422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B422

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B422	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)

#BCA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FAA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 180, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.164 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ca6b',
    500: '#96b422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b422;
$custom-light: #b9ca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.329,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B422

secondary

#7C68CA

accent

#3DEB61

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B422

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

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