Recognised as Colour

#899D36

#899D36
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#899D36 is a green with RGB values 137, 157, 54 and HSL 72°, 49%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#899D36

RGBrgb(137, 157, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.6157, 0.2118

RGB percentages53.7%, 61.6%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(71.7, 48.8%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(71.7, 65.6%, 61.6%)

CMYK12.7%, 0%, 65.6%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,018,678

CSS custom property--colour: #899D36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.94:1

Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#7662C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79428no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4953Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Tritanopia#919588no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 9.3 Olive · ΔE 14.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.2 Yellow green · ΔE 27.9 Forest green · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4A369D

Analogous#9D7D36, #569D36

Triadic#36899D, #9D3689

Split complementary#36569D, #7E369D

Tetradic#369D7D, #4A369D, #9D3656

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEE7B8

Lighter +30%#CCDA92

Lighter +20%#BACD6C

Lighter +10%#A8C046

Darker −10%#687729

Darker −20%#47511C

Darker −30%#262B0F

Darker −40%#050502

More saturated +25%#99B71C

Less saturated −25%#798350

Channel breakdown

R137

G157

B54

Red137 (53.7%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue71.65°

Saturation (HSL)48.82%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 89 · G 9D · B 36

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