#97AE38#97AE38

#97AE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.144 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AE38
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -24.29, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 60.46, 113.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0713 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.144 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6128, 37.1371, 9.4014)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AE38 #4F38AE

analogous

#AE8A38 #97AE38 #5CAE38

triadic

#97AE38 #3897AE #AE3897

tetradic

#97AE38 #38AE8A #4F38AE #AE385C

square

#97AE38 #38AE8A #4F38AE #AE385C

split-complementary

#97AE38 #385CAE #8A38AE

monochromatic

#47511A #6F8029 #97AE38 #B4CA59 #C9D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#97AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#97AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AE38

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AE38	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.144 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c675',
    500: '#97ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97ae38;
$custom-light: #b8c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.695,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AE38

secondary

#8C7FC3

accent

#4DDB69

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AE38

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

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