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Recognised as Colour

#8CA60A

  • #8CA60A
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#8CA60A is a green with RGB values 140, 166, 10 and HSL 70°, 89%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#8CA60A#8CA60A
HEX#8CA60A
RGBrgb(140, 166, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.651, 0.0392
RGB percentages54.9%, 65.1%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(70, 88.6%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(70, 94%, 65.1%)
CMYK15.7%, 0%, 94%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,217,546
CSS custom property--colour: #8CA60A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#7359F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B19C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9B22no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#959D8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 16.8Olivedrab · ΔE 17.9Olive · ΔE 20.2Dark khaki · ΔE 32.6Forest green · ΔE 33Green · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 16.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#240AA6
Analogous#A6720A, #3EA60A
Triadic#0A8CA6, #A60A8C
Split complementary#0A3EA6, #720AA6
Tetradic#0AA672, #240AA6, #A60A3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F884
Lighter +30%#DAF554
Lighter +20%#D0F224
Lighter +10%#B5D60D
Darker −10%#637607
Darker −20%#3B4604
Darker −30%#121601
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#93B000
Less saturated −25%#7D9020

Channel breakdown

R140
G166
B10
Red140 (54.9%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue70°
Saturation (HSL)88.64%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G A6 · B 0A

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