Recognised as Colour

#99D657

#99D657
Green
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#99D657 is a green with RGB values 153, 214, 87 and HSL 89°, 61%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#99D657#99D657

HEX#99D657

RGBrgb(153, 214, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8392, 0.3412

RGB percentages60%, 83.9%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(88.8, 60.8%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(88.8, 59.3%, 83.9%)

CMYK28.5%, 0%, 59.3%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,081,879

CSS custom property--colour: #99D657;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#6629A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC849no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C360no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Tritanopia#9CCEBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 11.8 Light green · ΔE 20.8 Pale green · ΔE 22 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.8 Limegreen · ΔE 28.8 Green yellow · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 11.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9457D6

Analogous#D6D357, #5AD657

Triadic#5799D6, #D65799

Split complementary#5759D6, #D457D6

Tetradic#57D6D4, #9457D6, #D65759

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFEFB

Lighter +30%#E4F4D2

Lighter +20%#CBEAA9

Lighter +10%#B2E080

Darker −10%#80C931

Darker −20%#66A027

Darker −30%#4C771D

Darker −40%#324E13

More saturated +25%#9AF03D

Less saturated −25%#98BC71

Channel breakdown

R153

G214

B87

Red153 (60%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue88.82°

Saturation (HSL)60.77%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G D6 · B 57

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