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Recognised as Colour

#99CD43

  • #99CD43
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#99CD43 is a green with RGB values 153, 205, 67 and HSL 83°, 58%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#99CD43#99CD43
HEX#99CD43
RGBrgb(153, 205, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8039, 0.2627
RGB percentages60%, 80.4%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(82.6, 58%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82.6, 67.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK25.4%, 0%, 67.3%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,079,555
CSS custom property--colour: #99CD43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.17:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#6632BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7BF2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BC4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9EC4B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 6Olivedrab · ΔE 26.1Light green · ΔE 27.2Pale green · ΔE 28.4Limegreen · ΔE 30Green yellow · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7743CD
Analogous#CDBC43, #54CD43
Triadic#4399CD, #CD4399
Split complementary#4354CD, #BC43CD
Tetradic#43CDBC, #7743CD, #CD4354

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F8E4
Lighter +30%#DBEDBC
Lighter +20%#C5E294
Lighter +10%#AFD86B
Darker −10%#7EAF2E
Darker −20%#618624
Darker −30%#445E19
Darker −40%#27360E
More saturated +25%#A0EB25
Less saturated −25%#92AF61

Channel breakdown

R153
G205
B67
Red153 (60%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue82.61°
Saturation (HSL)57.98%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G CD · B 43

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