Recognised as Colour

#9FDC36

#9FDC36
Green
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#9FDC36 is a green with RGB values 159, 220, 54 and HSL 82°, 70%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#9FDC36

RGBrgb(159, 220, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.8627, 0.2118

RGB percentages62.4%, 86.3%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(82, 70.3%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(82, 75.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK27.7%, 0%, 75.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,476,598

CSS custom property--colour: #9FDC36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.76:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#6023C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CC0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFC847no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A5D2BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.4 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 text12.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 7.3 Green yellow · ΔE 19 Limegreen · ΔE 27.4 Lawn green · ΔE 30.5 Chartreuse · ΔE 31.3 Pale green · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7336DC

Analogous#DCC636, #4CDC36

Triadic#369FDC, #DC369F

Split complementary#364CDC, #C636DC

Tetradic#36DCC6, #7336DC, #DC364C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2FAE4

Lighter +30%#DDF3B8

Lighter +20%#C8EB8D

Lighter +10%#B4E461

Darker −10%#84BE21

Darker −20%#66921A

Darker −30%#486712

Darker −40%#2A3C0A

More saturated +25%#A7FA18

Less saturated −25%#97BF53

Channel breakdown

R159

G220

B54

Red159 (62.4%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue82.05°

Saturation (HSL)70.34%

Lightness53.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9F · G DC · B 36

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Colour harmonies

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