#96E310

sRGB · 150 / 227 / 16

#96E310 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 150 red, 227 green and 16 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 81.9° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 86.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 47.6% 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 (13.29:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 150, 227, 16
HSL: 81.90°, 86.83%, 47.65%
HSV / HSB: 81.90°, 92.95%, 89.02%
CMYK (approx.): 33.92%, 0.00%, 92.95%, 10.98%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 40.139, 61.458, 10.238
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.625, -49.977, 79.103
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61460
24-bit decimal: 9888528

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 #96E310 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 · 13.29:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.58:1

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

#5D10E3 sits half a turn (180°) from #96E310 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.

#96E310 #5D10E3

Analogous

#E3C610 and #2DE310 sit 30° to either side of #96E310. 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.

#E3C610 #96E310 #2DE310

Triadic

#96E310, #1096E3 and #E31096 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#96E310 #1096E3 #E31096

Split complementary

Start at #96E310 and look across the wheel. #102CE3 and #C710E3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#96E310 #102CE3 #C710E3

Square

Starting with #96E310, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #10E3C7, #5D10E3, then #E3102C. Across the square, #96E310 pairs with #5D10E3, and #10E3C7 with #E3102C.

#96E310 #10E3C7 #5D10E3 #E3102C

Tetradic

#96E310 and #5D10E3 are opposites, as are #10E35D and #E31096. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#96E310 #10E35D #5D10E3 #E31096

Tints

Mixing #96E310 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #ABE940, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAF9CF, the mixture is 80% white.

#96E310 #ABE940 #C0EE70 #D5F49F #EAF9CF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #96E310 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #78B60D, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E2D03, the mixture is 80% black.

#96E310 #78B60D #5A880A #3C5B06 #1E2D03 #000000

Tones

Mixing #96E310 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #92CF26, keeps 80% of the original. By #84946A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#96E310 #92CF26 #8DBB3D #89A853 #84946A #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

#96E310

RGB

rgb(150 227 16)

HSL

hsl(81.896 86.831% 47.647%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #96E310;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#96E310 uses 150 red, 227 green and 16 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.8%

Green 89.0%

Blue 6.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #96E310 is 33.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 93.0% yellow and 11.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 33.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 93.0%

Black 11.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99DD11. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9D1 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #96E310 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #99DD11 Nearest web-safe · #99CC00

Gradient to complement

#96E310 #8DC033 #839D56 #7A7A7A #70569D #6733C0 #5D10E3

Color vision previews

Compare how #96E310 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.

#EED100

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.

#E3CC34

Tritanopia

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

#9AD9C1

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.

#D4D700

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.

#D0D42A

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#9CDF7B

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CECECE

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.

#B5D997

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 0.76815 B 0.00518

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 0.65550 G 0.88227 B 0.28395

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.38722 G 0.75278 B 0.06554

CIE xyY

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

x 0.359 y 0.550 Y 61.458

CMY

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

C % 41.176 M % 10.980 Y % 93.725

Binary RGB

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

10010110 11100011 00010000