#97B255#97B255

#97B255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97B255
RGB	rgb(151, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(77, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(77, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -23.90, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 50.07, 118.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0674 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.124 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3227, 39.0759, 14.5375)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97B255 #7055B2

analogous

#B29F55 #97B255 #69B255

triadic

#97B255 #5597B2 #B25597

tetradic

#97B255 #55B29F #7055B2 #B25569

square

#97B255 #55B29F #7055B2 #B25569

split-complementary

#97B255 #5569B2 #9F55B2

monochromatic

#51612C #758B3F #97B255 #B1C57F #CBD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#97B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#97B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97B255

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97B255	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c987',
    500: '#97b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97b255;
$custom-light: #b7c987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.419,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97B255

secondary

#A99DC6

accent

#5ACE7C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #97B255

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

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