#97AE59#97AE59

#97AE59 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AE59
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -21.49, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 46.04, 117.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0603 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.114 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7018, 37.5727, 15.1368)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AE59 #7059AE

analogous

#AE9B59 #97AE59 #6DAE59

triadic

#97AE59 #5997AE #AE5997

tetradic

#97AE59 #59AE9B #7059AE #AE596D

square

#97AE59 #59AE9B #7059AE #AE596D

split-complementary

#97AE59 #596DAE #9B59AE

monochromatic

#515E2E #758842 #97AE59 #B1C282 #CBD6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#97AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#97AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AE59

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AE59	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c68a',
    500: '#97ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97ae59;
$custom-light: #b7c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.235,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71412,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AE59

secondary

#A99FC4

accent

#5DCA7B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AE59

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

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