#97A538#97A538

#97A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.133 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A538
RGB	rgb(151, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -19.80, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 56.27, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0588 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.133 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9320, 33.7755, 8.8412)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A538 #4638A5

analogous

#A57C38 #97A538 #61A538

triadic

#97A538 #3897A5 #A53897

tetradic

#97A538 #38A57C #4638A5 #A53861

square

#97A538 #38A57C #4638A5 #A53861

split-complementary

#97A538 #3861A5 #7C38A5

monochromatic

#434A19 #6D7728 #97A538 #B7C555 #CAD583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#97A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#97A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A538

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A538	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.133 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bf74',
    500: '#97a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a538;
$custom-light: #b8bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.706,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68961,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A538

secondary

#837ABE

accent

#4FD961

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A538

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

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