#96CA59#96CA59

#96CA59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.154 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CA59
RGB	rgb(150, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(88, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -35.29, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 61.36, 125.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0988 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.154 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5011, 49.4455, 17.1228)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CA59 #8D59CA

analogous

#CAC659 #96CA59 #5ECA59

triadic

#96CA59 #5996CA #CA5996

tetradic

#96CA59 #59CAC6 #8D59CA #CA595E

square

#96CA59 #59CAC6 #8D59CA #CA595E

split-complementary

#96CA59 #595ECA #C659CA

monochromatic

#588029 #78AE38 #96CA59 #B3D987 #D1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#96CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#96CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CA59

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CA59	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.154 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8da8b',
    500: '#96ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96ca59;
$custom-light: #b8da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.611,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77866,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CA59

secondary

#BEA8D6

accent

#4DDB8E

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12150C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CA59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →