Recognised as Colour

#5A9217

#5A9217
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#5A9217 is a green with RGB values 90, 146, 23 and HSL 87°, 73%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#5A9217

RGBrgb(90, 146, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.5725, 0.0902

RGB percentages35.3%, 57.3%, 9%

HSLhsl(87.3, 72.8%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(87.3, 84.2%, 57.3%)

CMYK38.4%, 0%, 84.2%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,935,639

CSS custom property--colour: #5A9217;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.56:1

Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#A56DE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#918226no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Tritanopia#5B8C7Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 9.8 Forest green · ΔE 15.4 Green · ΔE 17.1 Dark green · ΔE 22.7 Olive · ΔE 24.8 Yellow green · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 9.82, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4F1792

Analogous#928C17, #1C9217

Triadic#175A92, #92175A

Split complementary#171D92, #8C1792

Tetradic#17928C, #4F1792, #92171D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BFEC89

Lighter +30%#A7E55D

Lighter +20%#8FDE31

Lighter +10%#75BE1E

Darker −10%#3F6610

Darker −20%#243A09

Darker −30%#090E02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5CA702

Less saturated −25%#587D2C

Channel breakdown

R90

G146

B23

Red90 (35.3%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue87.32°

Saturation (HSL)72.78%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5A · G 92 · B 17

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