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Recognised as Colour

#9EDC36

  • #9EDC36
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#9EDC36 is a green with RGB values 158, 220, 54 and HSL 82°, 70%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#9EDC36#9EDC36
HEX#9EDC36
RGBrgb(158, 220, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8627, 0.2118
RGB percentages62%, 86.3%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(82.4, 70.3%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82.4, 75.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK28.2%, 0%, 75.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,411,062
CSS custom property--colour: #9EDC36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.74:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#6123C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7CC0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEC847no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A3D2BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 7.4Green yellow · ΔE 18.9Limegreen · ΔE 27Lawn green · ΔE 30.2Chartreuse · ΔE 31.1Pale green · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7436DC
Analogous#DCC736, #4BDC36
Triadic#369EDC, #DC369E
Split complementary#364BDC, #C736DC
Tetradic#36DCC7, #7436DC, #DC364B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2FAE4
Lighter +30%#DDF3B8
Lighter +20%#C8EB8D
Lighter +10%#B3E461
Darker −10%#83BE21
Darker −20%#65921A
Darker −30%#476712
Darker −40%#293C0A
More saturated +25%#A5FA18
Less saturated −25%#97BF53

Channel breakdown

R158
G220
B54
Red158 (62%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue82.41°
Saturation (HSL)70.34%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G DC · B 36

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