#96B555#96B555

#96B555 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B555
RGB	rgb(150, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(79, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -25.76, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 51.78, 119.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0726 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.129 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7413, 40.1874, 14.7300)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B555 #7455B5

analogous

#B5A455 #96B555 #66B555

triadic

#96B555 #5596B5 #B55596

tetradic

#96B555 #55B5A4 #7455B5 #B55566

square

#96B555 #55B5A4 #7455B5 #B55566

split-complementary

#96B555 #5566B5 #A455B5

monochromatic

#52642C #758F3E #96B555 #B0C880 #CBDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#96B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#96B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B555

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B555	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7cb87',
    500: '#96b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b555;
$custom-light: #b7cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.375,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B555

secondary

#AB9EC8

accent

#59CF7F

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B555

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

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