#97AE23#97AE23

#97AE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.156 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AE23
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(70, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(70, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -25.37, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 67.47, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0761 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.156 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2026, 36.9730, 7.2405)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AE23 #3A23AE

analogous

#AE7F23 #97AE23 #51AE23

triadic

#97AE23 #2397AE #AE2397

tetradic

#97AE23 #23AE7F #3A23AE #AE2351

square

#97AE23 #23AE7F #3A23AE #AE2351

split-complementary

#97AE23 #2351AE #7F23AE

monochromatic

#3F480F #6B7B19 #97AE23 #BCD737 #CDE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#97AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#97AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AE23

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AE23	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.156 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c66b',
    500: '#97ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97ae23;
$custom-light: #b9c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.928,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AE23

secondary

#7666C7

accent

#3EE95B

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AE23

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

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