#97CB59#97CB59

#97CB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.155 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97CB59
RGB	rgb(151, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(87, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -35.38, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 61.76, 124.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0991 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.155 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9213, 50.0116, 17.2099)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97CB59 #8D59CB

analogous

#CBC659 #97CB59 #5ECB59

triadic

#97CB59 #5997CB #CB5997

tetradic

#97CB59 #59CBC6 #8D59CB #CB595E

square

#97CB59 #59CBC6 #8D59CB #CB595E

split-complementary

#97CB59 #595ECB #C659CB

monochromatic

#598128 #79B037 #97CB59 #B4DA88 #D1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#97CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#97CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97CB59

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97CB59	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AC3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.155 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8db8b',
    500: '#97cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97cb59;
$custom-light: #b8db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.368,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78163,
    "c": 0.15472,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97CB59

secondary

#613F89

accent

#4CDC8E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FBF4

border

#D1D4CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #97CB59

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

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