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#97c113

a dark, electric green · warm · closest name: Yellow Green

Token name suggestion: Slate Moss

RGB
151, 193, 19
HSL
75°, 82%, 42%
CMYK
22, 0, 90, 24
Luminance
0.4477

#97c113 is a dark electric green, 75° on the wheel and 37/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.95:1). As text it scores 2.11:1 on white — use #64800D instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(75 82% 42%)rgb(151 193 19)Base step 700AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #97c113 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#97c113
Hue
75°
green
Saturation
82%
electric
Lightness
42%
dark
Brightness
76%
HSV value
Perceived
66%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4477
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
9.95:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 3.5
Chroma
78.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.753
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 4.8
Web-safe
#99CC00
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue75° of 360°
Saturation82%
Lightness42%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #97c113.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red15%
Green85%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#97c113
HEX (8-digit)#97c113ff
RGBrgb(151, 193, 19)
RGBArgba(151, 193, 19, 1)
HSLhsl(75, 82%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(74, 90%, 76%)
HWBhwb(75 7% 24%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 0%, 90%, 24%)
LABlab(72.7 -34.8 70.7)
LCHlch(72.7 78.8 116.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.753 0.183 124.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(31.95, 44.77, 7.57)
Decimal9945363
Display P3color(display-p3 0.592 0.757 0.075)
Web-safe#99CC00

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #97c113;
background-color: #97c113;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #97c113;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#97c113] bg-[#97c113]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #97c113;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.592, green: 0.757, blue: 0.075)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.592, green: 0.757, blue: 0.075, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#97C113</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF97C113)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF97C113)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(19, 193, 151)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(151, 193, 19)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(151, 193, 19)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 151, 193, 19)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5922f, 0.7569f, 0.0745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{151,193,19}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #97c113 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #97c113 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5B740B, #E8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #97c113 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFCF2;
  --brand-100: #F5FAE6;
  --brand-200: #EAF6C6;
  --brand-300: #DFF599;
  --brand-400: #CFF066;
  --brand-500: #BEEB33;
  --brand-600: #AEDF16;
  --brand-700: #97c113;
  --brand-800: #74950F;
  --brand-900: #556B0F;
  --brand-950: #354309;
  --brand: #97c113;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #7EA110;
  --brand-pressed: #64800D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #202414;
    --brand-ink: #E8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFCF2',
        100: '#F5FAE6',
        200: '#EAF6C6',
        300: '#DFF599',
        400: '#CFF066',
        500: '#BEEB33',
        600: '#AEDF16',
        700: '#97c113',
        800: '#74950F',
        900: '#556B0F',
        950: '#354309',
        DEFAULT: '#97c113',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFCF2,
  '100': #F5FAE6,
  '200': #EAF6C6,
  '300': #DFF599,
  '400': #CFF066,
  '500': #BEEB33,
  '600': #AEDF16,
  '700': #97c113,
  '800': #74950F,
  '900': #556B0F,
  '950': #354309,
);
$brand-base: #97c113;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFCF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5FAE6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EAF6C6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DFF599", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CFF066", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BEEB33", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AEDF16", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#97c113", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#74950F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#556B0F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#354309", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #97c113 · 9.95:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.11:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.95:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #97c113 as text scores 2.11:1 on white and 9.95:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5B740B at 2.52:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#64800D · 4.53:1
AA on white−14% L
#64800D
The quick fox
#4B6009 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−21% L
#4B6009
The quick fox
#97c113 · 9.95:1
AA on blackalready passes
#97c113
The quick fox
#97c113 · 9.95:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#97c113

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7EA110 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#97c113 on white: 2.11:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#97c113 on black: 9.95:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #97c113 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #97c113.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.11:1AaAa
Slate 502.02:1AaAa
Slate 1001.93:1AaAa
Slate 2001.71:1AaAa
Slate 3001.42:1AaAa
Slate 4001.22:1AaAa
Slate 5002.26:1AaAa
Slate 6003.59:1AaAa
Slate 7004.91:1AaAa
Slate 8006.93:1AaAa
Slate 9008.46:1AaAa
Black9.95:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CCB400
deuteranopia · #C7B22C
tritanopia · #9FB7A4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #97c113 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFCF2
#F5FAE6
#EAF6C6
#DFF599
#CFF066
#BEEB33
#AEDF16
#97c113
#74950F
#556B0F
#354309
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FAFCF2Darkest = 950 · #354309Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.046 124.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.073 124.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.110 124.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.143 124.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.169 124.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.183 124.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.183 124.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.172 124.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.154 124.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.128 124.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.101 124.1);
}

Colors that work with #97c113

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#889B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0F10C5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5B740B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8FDE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#202414
Dark-mode background
Hover#7EA110
One step down in lightness
Pressed#64800D
Two steps down
Disabled#ADB78E
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#ACDF09
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #97c113

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #5B740B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7EA110

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight58/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#3D13C1
Analogous left#C19413
Analogous right#40C113
Split-complement 1#1340C1
Split-complement 2#9413C1
Triadic 1#1397C1
Triadic 2#C11397
Tetradic#13C194
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°75°

#97c113 sits at 75°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red59.2%
Green75.7%
Blue7.5%
R · 0–255
151
0x97
G · 0–255
193
0xc1
B · 0–255
19
0x13

CMYK percentages

Cyan21.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow90.2%
Key (black)24.3%

Total ink coverage is 136%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#97c113 text on a black background

contrast 9.95:1

Card sample

#97c113 text on a white background

contrast 2.11:1

Card sample

#97c113 on grey

1.93:1

#97c113 on its own surface

2.01:1

#97c113 on its dark surface

7.52:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #97c113;
Background color
Panel with #97c113 background
background-color: #97c113;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #97c113;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(151, 193, 19, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(151, 193, 19, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #97c113;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97c113, #23C113);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #97c113, #13C12F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #97c113;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #97c113;
caret-color: #97c113;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #97c113;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8FDE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #97c113;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#97c113 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #97c113 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(151, 193, 19, 0.5)
rgb(151 193 19 / 50%)
#97c11380
hsl(75 82% 42% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #97c113 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#97c1131a#F5F9E7
20%#97c11333#EAF3D0
40%#97c11366#D5E6A1
60%#97c11399#C1DA71
80%#97c113cc#ACCD42

Gradients from #97c113

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #BBEA28, #97c113 45%, #5B740B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #97c113, #11A510);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #97c113, #3D13C1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C4ED43 0%, #97c113 45%, #5B740B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E9A41E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #39DD16 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5B740B 0%, transparent 65%), #97c113;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #97c113

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#97c113 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.95:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#97c113, answered

What color is #97c113?

#97c113 is a dark electric green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 3.5). It sits at 75° on the hue wheel with 82% saturation and 42% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #97c113?

rgb(151, 193, 19) — 151 red, 193 green and 19 blue out of 255, or 59.2% / 75.7% / 7.5% by channel.

What is #97c113 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(75, 82%, 42%) and hsv(74, 90%, 76%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #97c113 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4477 and perceived brightness is 66%, so black text on it reaches 9.95:1.

Should I use black or white text on #97c113?

Black. It scores 9.95:1 against #97c113, versus 2.11:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #97c113 accessible on a white background?

#97c113 on white scores 2.11:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #64800D to reach 4.5:1, or #4B6009 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #97c113?

#3D13C1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #1340C1 and #9413C1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #97c113?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E2EDC0 for borders, #889B4B for secondary text, #0F10C5 as an accent and #5B740B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C19413 and #40C113 stays calm, while #3D13C1 is the loudest partner.

What is #97c113 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(22%, 0%, 90%, 24%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #97c113 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C1AB13; nudged cooler, #57C311.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #97c113?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 4.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #97c113 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #97c113 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#97c113] or text-[#97c113], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #97c113 with 50% opacity?

rgba(151, 193, 19, 0.5), or #97c11380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CBE089; over black, #4C610A.

Is #97c113 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC00, ΔE2000 2.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #97c113 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #97c113?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BBEA28, #97c113 45%, #5B740B). For more colour, a short hue run to #11A510 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #97c113 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #97c113 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.