Recognised as Colour

#72AA09

#72AA09
Green
Dark
Nearest: Yellow green

#72AA09 is a green with RGB values 114, 170, 9 and HSL 81°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#72AA09#72AA09

HEX#72AA09

RGBrgb(114, 170, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.6667, 0.0353

RGB percentages44.7%, 66.7%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(80.9, 89.9%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(80.9, 94.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK32.9%, 0%, 94.7%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,514,633

CSS custom property--colour: #72AA09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.47:1

Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#8D55F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B39D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9924no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Tritanopia#76A290no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 13.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.1 Forest green · ΔE 25.2 Green · ΔE 25.6 Limegreen · ΔE 29.4 Olive · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4109AA

Analogous#AA9109, #22AA09

Triadic#0972AA, #AA0972

Split complementary#0922AA, #9109AA

Tetradic#09AA91, #4109AA, #AA0922

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1F986

Lighter +30%#BEF656

Lighter +20%#ACF326

Lighter +10%#92DA0C

Darker −10%#527A06

Darker −20%#314904

Darker −30%#111901

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#75B300

Less saturated −25%#6B941F

Channel breakdown

R114

G170

Red114 (44.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue80.87°

Saturation (HSL)89.94%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G AA · B 09

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