#97AE37#97AE37

#97AE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.145 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AE37
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -24.36, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 60.84, 113.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0716 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.145 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5886, 37.1274, 9.2739)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AE37 #4E37AE

analogous

#AE8A37 #97AE37 #5BAE37

triadic

#97AE37 #3797AE #AE3797

tetradic

#97AE37 #37AE8A #4E37AE #AE375B

square

#97AE37 #37AE8A #4E37AE #AE375B

split-complementary

#97AE37 #375BAE #8A37AE

monochromatic

#46511A #6F7F28 #97AE37 #B4CA58 #C9D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#97AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#97AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AE37

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AE37	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.145 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c675',
    500: '#97ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97ae37;
$custom-light: #b9c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.597,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71038,
    "c": 0.14452,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AE37

secondary

#8B7EC3

accent

#4CDB68

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AE37

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

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