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Recognised as Colour

#99EE00

  • #99EE00
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#99EE00 is a green with RGB values 153, 238, 0 and HSL 81°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#99EE00#99EE00
HEX#99EE00
HEX (short)#9E0
RGBrgb(153, 238, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.9333, 0
RGB percentages60%, 93.3%, 0%
HSLhsl(81.4, 100%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(81.4, 100%, 93.3%)
CMYK35.7%, 0%, 100%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,087,936
CSS custom property--colour: #99EE00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.58:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#6611FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9DB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EED533no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9CE3CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 6.2Lawn green · ΔE 14.7Chartreuse · ΔE 15.2Yellow green · ΔE 24.7Limegreen · ΔE 28.9Lime · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 6.23, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5500EE
Analogous#EECC00, #22EE00
Triadic#0099EE, #EE0099
Split complementary#0022EE, #CC00EE
Tetradic#00EECC, #5500EE, #EE0022

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7FFBB
Lighter +30%#D4FF88
Lighter +20%#C2FF55
Lighter +10%#B0FF22
Darker −10%#78BB00
Darker −20%#578800
Darker −30%#375500
Darker −40%#162200
More saturated +25%#99EE00
Less saturated −25%#90D01E

Channel breakdown

R153
G238
B0
Red153 (60%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue81.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G EE · B 00

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