#97CA59#97CA59

#97CA59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.153 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97CA59
RGB	rgb(151, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(87, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -34.92, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 61.22, 124.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0978 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.153 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6859, 49.5408, 17.1314)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97CA59 #8C59CA

analogous

#CAC559 #97CA59 #5FCA59

triadic

#97CA59 #5997CA #CA5997

tetradic

#97CA59 #59CAC5 #8C59CA #CA595F

square

#97CA59 #59CAC5 #8C59CA #CA595F

split-complementary

#97CA59 #595FCA #C559CA

monochromatic

#598029 #79AE38 #97CA59 #B4D987 #D1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#97CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#97CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97CA59

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97CA59	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AC2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.153 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8da8b',
    500: '#97ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97ca59;
$custom-light: #b8da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.08,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77929,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97CA59

secondary

#BDA8D6

accent

#4DDB8D

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12150C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #97CA59

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

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