#96BC59#96BC59

#96BC59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BC59
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(83, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -28.74, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 53.77, 122.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0806 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.134 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3640, 43.1713, 16.0771)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BC59 #7F59BC

analogous

#BCB059 #96BC59 #65BC59

triadic

#96BC59 #5996BC #BC5996

tetradic

#96BC59 #59BCB0 #7F59BC #BC5965

square

#96BC59 #59BCB0 #7F59BC #BC5965

split-complementary

#96BC59 #5965BC #B059BC

monochromatic

#556E2C #779A3E #96BC59 #B2CE85 #CDDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#96BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#96BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BC59

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BC59	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d08a',
    500: '#96bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bc59;
$custom-light: #b7d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.03,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74587,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BC59

secondary

#B4A3CD

accent

#56D285

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BC59

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

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