Information about #97B81E color

#97B81E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#97B81E falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(151, 184, 30) — 59.2% red, 72.2% green, 11.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 0 / 60 / 28. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #97B81E reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sickly Green (#94B21C). Slightly further away sit Impromptu (#9BB123) and Limelight (#99AD25).

The recipe behind #97B81E is rgb(151, 184, 30), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #97B81E: 9.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#97B81E color variations

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#97B81E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #97B81E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Sickly Green color link
Sickly Green

#94B21C

Impromptu color link
Impromptu

#9BB123

Limelight color link
Limelight

#99AD25

Icky Green color link
Icky Green

#8FAE22

Gross Green color link
Gross Green

#A0BF16

Pea color link
Pea

#A4BF20

Sick Green color link
Sick Green

#9DB92C

Citron color link
Citron

#9FA91F

Bahia color link
Bahia

#A9C01C

Pea Green color link
Pea Green

#8EAB12

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#97B81E
  • RGB151, 184, 30
  • CMYK13, 0, 60, 28
  • CSSrgb(151, 184, 30)
  • HSL73°, 72%, 42%
  • HSL Precise72.857°, 71.963%, 41.961%
  • HSV73°, 84%, 72%
  • HSB73°, 84%, 72%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.722
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.118
  • GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.722, 0.118)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.722, 0.118, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.722, 0.118)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11.8%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID97B81E
  • DECIMAL ID9943070
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01