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Recognised as Colour

#99D94D

  • #99D94D
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#99D94D is a green with RGB values 153, 217, 77 and HSL 87°, 65%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#99D94D#99D94D
HEX#99D94D
RGBrgb(153, 217, 77)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.851, 0.302
RGB percentages60%, 85.1%, 30.2%
HSLhsl(87.4, 64.8%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(87.4, 64.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK29.5%, 0%, 64.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,082,637
CSS custom property--colour: #99D94D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.39:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#6626B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2CA3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9C558no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9CD0BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 8.2Light green · ΔE 24.7Pale green · ΔE 25.1Limegreen · ΔE 26.3Green yellow · ΔE 26.7Olivedrab · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D4DD9
Analogous#D9D34D, #53D94D
Triadic#4D99D9, #D94D99
Split complementary#4D53D9, #D34DD9
Tetradic#4DD9D3, #8D4DD9, #D94D53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FDF5
Lighter +30%#E1F4CB
Lighter +20%#C9EBA1
Lighter +10%#B1E277
Darker −10%#80C82B
Darker −20%#659E22
Darker −30%#4A7419
Darker −40%#2F4A10
More saturated +25%#9BF432
Less saturated −25%#97BE68

Channel breakdown

R153
G217
B77
Red153 (60%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue77 (30.2%)
Hue87.43°
Saturation (HSL)64.81%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G D9 · B 4D

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