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Recognised as Colour

#79BA09

  • #79BA09
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#79BA09 is a green with RGB values 121, 186, 9 and HSL 82°, 91%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#79BA09#79BA09
HEX#79BA09
RGBrgb(121, 186, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7294, 0.0353
RGB percentages47.5%, 72.9%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(82, 90.8%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82, 95.2%, 72.9%)
CMYK34.9%, 0%, 95.2%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,977,481
CSS custom property--colour: #79BA09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.84:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#8645F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3AB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAA728no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7CB29Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 9.6Limegreen · ΔE 24.9Olivedrab · ΔE 28Green yellow · ΔE 28.2Forest green · ΔE 30.2Green · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A09BA
Analogous#BAA209, #21BA09
Triadic#0979BA, #BA0979
Split complementary#0921BA, #A209BA
Tetradic#09BAA2, #4A09BA, #BA0921

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5FA95
Lighter +30%#C2F864
Lighter +20%#AEF534
Lighter +10%#99EB0B
Darker −10%#598907
Darker −20%#3A5904
Darker −30%#1A2802
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7BC300
Less saturated −25%#73A221

Channel breakdown

R121
G186
B9
Red121 (47.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue82.03°
Saturation (HSL)90.77%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G BA · B 09

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