#96BC21

sRGB · 150 / 188 / 33

#96BC21 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 150 red, 188 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 74.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 70.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 43.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.51:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 150, 188, 33
HSL: 74.71°, 70.14%, 43.33%
HSV / HSB: 74.71°, 82.45%, 73.73%
CMYK (approx.): 20.21%, 0.00%, 82.45%, 26.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.834, 42.560, 8.029
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 71.255, -32.539, 66.577
WCAG relative luminance: 0.42560
24-bit decimal: 9878561

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #96BC21 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 9.51:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.21:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4721BC sits half a turn (180°) from #96BC21 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#96BC21 #4721BC

Analogous

#BC9421 and #49BC21 sit 30° to either side of #96BC21. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BC9421 #96BC21 #49BC21

Triadic

#96BC21, #2196BC and #BC2196 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#96BC21 #2196BC #BC2196

Split complementary

Start at #96BC21 and look across the wheel. #2148BC and #9521BC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#96BC21 #2148BC #9521BC

Square

Starting with #96BC21, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #21BC95, #4721BC, then #BC2148. Across the square, #96BC21 pairs with #4721BC, and #21BC95 with #BC2148.

#96BC21 #21BC95 #4721BC #BC2148

Tetradic

#96BC21 and #4721BC are opposites, as are #21BC47 and #BC2196. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#96BC21 #21BC47 #4721BC #BC2196

Tints

Mixing #96BC21 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #ABC94D, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAF2D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#96BC21 #ABC94D #C0D77A #D5E4A6 #EAF2D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #96BC21 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #78961A, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E2607, the mixture is 80% black.

#96BC21 #78961A #5A7114 #3C4B0D #1E2607 #000000

Tones

Mixing #96BC21 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #92B034, keeps 80% of the original. By #848C6D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#96BC21 #92B034 #8DA447 #89985A #848C6D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#96BC21

RGB

rgb(150 188 33)

HSL

hsl(74.710 70.136% 43.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #96BC21;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#96BC21 uses 150 red, 188 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.8%

Green 73.7%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #96BC21 is 20.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 82.4% yellow and 26.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 82.4%

Black 26.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99BB22. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9B2 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #96BC21 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #99BB22 Nearest web-safe · #99CC33

Gradient to complement

#96BC21 #89A23B #7C8855 #6F6F6F #615588 #543BA2 #4721BC

Color vision previews

Compare how #96BC21 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C7B000

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C2AE33

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#9EB2A0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B8B40F

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B6B32C

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9AB868

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#AEAEAE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A3B581

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.30499 G 0.50289 B 0.01521

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.61813 G 0.73293 B 0.26118

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.34012 G 0.49632 B 0.05547

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.379 y 0.523 Y 42.560

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 41.176 M % 26.275 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10010110 10111100 00100001