HSL saturation (S) is a clean 0–100% scale, but it's entangled with lightness — S=100% at L=10% (near-black) and S=100% at L=90% (near-white) look nowhere near equally "vivid."
Chroma — the axis OKLCH and LCH use — is defined independently of lightness, as an absolute measure of colorfulness. Holding chroma constant while sweeping lightness keeps the perceived vividness far more consistent than holding saturation constant does.
For design tokens where you want a brand color at several lightness steps, chroma-based OKLCH is the better tool; for a quick, intuitive 0–100% slider, HSL saturation still wins on simplicity.
When to use
If you need vividness to stay consistent across lightness steps, anchor to chroma instead of saturation.