Colour

#9ED740

#9ED740
Green
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#9ED740 is a green with RGB values 158, 215, 64 and HSL 83°, 65%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#9ED740

RGBrgb(158, 215, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8431, 0.251

RGB percentages62%, 84.3%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(82.6, 65.4%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(82.6, 70.2%, 84.3%)

CMYK26.5%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,409,792

CSS custom property--colour: #9ED740;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#6128BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C827no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DAC54Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original

Tritanopia#A3CDB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 4.2 Green yellow · ΔE 24.2 Limegreen · ΔE 28.1 Light green · ΔE 29.5 Pale green · ΔE 29.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 4.17, a close match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7940D7

Analogous#D7C440, #53D740

Triadic#409ED7, #D7409E

Split complementary#4053D7, #C440D7

Tetradic#40D7C4, #7940D7, #D74053

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4FAE9

Lighter +30%#DEF1BF

Lighter +20%#C9E994

Lighter +10%#B3E06A

Darker −10%#84BD27

Darker −20%#67921F

Darker −30%#496816

Darker −40%#2C3E0D

More saturated +25%#A5F423

Less saturated −25%#97BA5D

Channel breakdown

R158

G215

B64

Red158 (62%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue82.65°

Saturation (HSL)65.37%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9E · G D7 · B 40

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