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Recognised as Colour

#9ED309

  • #9ED309
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#9ED309 is a green with RGB values 158, 211, 9 and HSL 76°, 92%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#9ED309#9ED309
HEX#9ED309
RGBrgb(158, 211, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8275, 0.0353
RGB percentages62%, 82.7%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(75.7, 91.8%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(75.7, 95.7%, 82.7%)
CMYK25.1%, 0%, 95.7%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,408,713
CSS custom property--colour: #9ED309;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#612CF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFC400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8C12Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A6C8B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 10.5Green yellow · ΔE 19Lawn green · ΔE 30.6Limegreen · ΔE 31.4Chartreuse · ΔE 31.4Yellow · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 10.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E09D3
Analogous#D3A309, #39D309
Triadic#099ED3, #D3099E
Split complementary#0939D3, #A309D3
Tetradic#09D3A3, #3E09D3, #D30939

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7FBAD
Lighter +30%#D8F97C
Lighter +20%#CAF74B
Lighter +10%#BCF51A
Darker −10%#79A207
Darker −20%#557105
Darker −30%#304003
Darker −40%#0B0F01
More saturated +25%#A2DC00
Less saturated −25%#91B824

Channel breakdown

R158
G211
B9
Red158 (62%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue75.74°
Saturation (HSL)91.82%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G D3 · B 09

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