#96B557#96B557

#96B557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B557
RGB	rgb(150, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -25.56, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 50.87, 120.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0719 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.127 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8219, 40.2197, 15.1544)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B557 #7657B5

analogous

#B5A557 #96B557 #67B557

triadic

#96B557 #5796B5 #B55796

tetradic

#96B557 #57B5A5 #7657B5 #B55767

square

#96B557 #57B5A5 #7657B5 #B55767

split-complementary

#96B557 #5767B5 #A557B5

monochromatic

#52652D #75903F #96B557 #B1C881 #CBDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#96B557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#96B557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B557

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B557	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)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7cb89',
    500: '#96b557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b557;
$custom-light: #b7cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.787,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72931,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B557

secondary

#AD9FC8

accent

#59CF80

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B557

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

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