#96BE42#96BE42

#96BE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.157 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BE42
RGB	rgb(150, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(79, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -31.70, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 64.47, 119.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0908 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.157 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9747, 43.7039, 11.9043)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BE42 #6A42BE

analogous

#BEA842 #96BE42 #58BE42

triadic

#96BE42 #4296BE #BE4296

tetradic

#96BE42 #42BEA8 #6A42BE #BE4258

square

#96BE42 #42BEA8 #6A42BE #BE4258

split-complementary

#96BE42 #4258BE #A842BE

monochromatic

#4E6322 #729132 #96BE42 #AFCE70 #C9DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#96BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#96BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BE42

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BE42	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.157 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d17c',
    500: '#96be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96be42;
$custom-light: #b8d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.355,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74806,
    "c": 0.15694,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BE42

secondary

#A492CA

accent

#4FD87C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BE42

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

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