Bergamot #95C703

Bergamot (#95C703) is a light, saturated yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 126°, lightness 0.77 and chroma 0.194. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#95C703
RGBrgb(149, 199, 3)
HSLhsl(75, 97%, 40%)
HSVhsv(75, 98%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 0%, 98%, 22%)
CIE Lablab(74.3 -38.6 73.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.766 0.194 126)

How Bergamot behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Bergamot shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Bergamot in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.01:1 and against black 10.45:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Bergamot

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#e1ffb2 · #addd48 · #95c703 · #678b00 · #496400 · #2d3f00

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#76f7b2 · #80e175 · #95c703 · #a7a700 · #a98b00 · #a47100

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#95c703 · #45a794 · #628400 · #006959 · #334700 · #002d25

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#cddeb4 · #95c703 · #9551d1 · #435b07 · #2a3b00 · #131e00

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f6eeff · #95c703 · #919c82 · #5e5865 · #20290f · #020004

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f4effa · #ccc6d3 · #9f98a7 · #261e2f · #06010c · #95c703

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#acddd9 · #95c703 · #7faa75 · #652ff0 · #273861 · #031020

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e8cae7 · #95c703 · #827eab · #99497f · #2b3755 · #04140b

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e7f4ff · #95c703 · #2e9ef0 · #a9004b · #4c001d · #000614

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#dcf8ff · #95c703 · #00a9c6 · #762eaf · #490b00 · #060012

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#A3D047 · #B1D969 · #C0E286 · #CEEBA1 · #DDF4BC

Shades

#79A300 · #5F8000 · #455F00 · #2D4000 · #172300

Muted

#9BC44E · #A2C06F · #A8BB8B

Using Bergamot

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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