#96B949#96B949

#96B949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.145 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B949
RGB	rgb(150, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(79, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -28.79, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 59.13, 119.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0821 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.145 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1294, 41.6627, 12.7037)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B949 #6C49B9

analogous

#B9A449 #96B949 #5EB949

triadic

#96B949 #4996B9 #B94996

tetradic

#96B949 #49B9A4 #6C49B9 #B9495E

square

#96B949 #49B9A4 #6C49B9 #B9495E

split-complementary

#96B949 #495EB9 #A449B9

monochromatic

#4F6226 #738E37 #96B949 #AFCA75 #C9DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#96B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#96B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B949

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B949	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.145 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ce80',
    500: '#96b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b949;
$custom-light: #b7ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.737,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B949

secondary

#A696C8

accent

#54D47C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B949

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

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