Recognised as Colour

#9ED90A

#9ED90A
Green
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#9ED90A is a green with RGB values 158, 217, 10 and HSL 77°, 91%, 45%. 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

#9ED90A#9ED90A

HEX#9ED90A

RGBrgb(158, 217, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.851, 0.0392

RGB percentages62%, 85.1%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(77.1, 91.2%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(77.1, 95.4%, 85.1%)

CMYK27.2%, 0%, 95.4%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,410,250

CSS custom property--colour: #9ED90A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.38:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#6126F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5C900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDC62Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A5CEB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.2 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 text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 12.9 Green yellow · ΔE 15.7 Lawn green · ΔE 27.3 Chartreuse · ΔE 28.1 Limegreen · ΔE 30.2 Yellow · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#450AD9

Analogous#D9AC0A, #37D90A

Triadic#0A9ED9, #D90A9E

Split complementary#0A37D9, #AC0AD9

Tetradic#0AD9AC, #450AD9, #D90A37

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7FCB3

Lighter +30%#D7F983

Lighter +20%#C8F752

Lighter +10%#B8F521

Darker −10%#7BA808

Darker −20%#577706

Darker −30%#344703

Darker −40%#101601

More saturated +25%#A2E300

Less saturated −25%#92BD26

Channel breakdown

R158

G217

B10

Red158 (62%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue77.1°

Saturation (HSL)91.19%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9E · G D9 · B 0A

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Colour harmonies

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