#96B559#96B559

#96B559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B559
RGB	rgb(150, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -25.36, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 49.95, 120.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0711 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.125 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9047, 40.2528, 15.5907)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B559 #7859B5

analogous

#B5A659 #96B559 #68B559

triadic

#96B559 #5996B5 #B55996

tetradic

#96B559 #59B5A6 #7859B5 #B55968

square

#96B559 #59B5A6 #7859B5 #B55968

split-complementary

#96B559 #5968B5 #A659B5

monochromatic

#53662E #759040 #96B559 #B1C883 #CCDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#96B559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#96B559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B559

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B559	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7cb8a',
    500: '#96b559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b559;
$custom-light: #b7cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.217,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B559

secondary

#AEA1C9

accent

#5ACE81

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B559

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

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