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Recognised as Colour

#99E95A

  • #99E95A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#99E95A is a green with RGB values 153, 233, 90 and HSL 94°, 76%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#99E95A#99E95A
HEX#99E95A
RGBrgb(153, 233, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.9137, 0.3529
RGB percentages60%, 91.4%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(93.6, 76.5%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(93.6, 61.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK34.3%, 0%, 61.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,086,746
CSS custom property--colour: #99E95A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.16:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#6616A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2D849no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6D265no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Tritanopia#99E0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 14.3Pale green · ΔE 22.4Limegreen · ΔE 23Green yellow · ΔE 23.3Light green · ΔE 23.3Lawn green · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 14.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA5AE9
Analogous#E0E95A, #5AE963
Triadic#5A99E9, #E95A99
Split complementary#635AE9, #E95AE0
Tetradic#5AE0E9, #AA5AE9, #E9635A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECFBE1
Lighter +20%#D1F5B4
Lighter +10%#B5EF87
Darker −10%#7DE32D
Darker −20%#64C31A
Darker −30%#4D9614
Darker −40%#36690E
More saturated +25%#96FF44
Less saturated −25%#9CD271

Channel breakdown

R153
G233
B90
Red153 (60%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue93.57°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G E9 · B 5A

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