Recognised as Colour

#A5E50F

#A5E50F
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#A5E50F is a green with RGB values 165, 229, 15 and HSL 78°, 88%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#A5E50F#A5E50F

HEX#A5E50F

RGBrgb(165, 229, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.898, 0.0588

RGB percentages64.7%, 89.8%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(77.9, 87.7%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(77.9, 93.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK27.9%, 0%, 93.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,872,079

CSS custom property--colour: #A5E50F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.81:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#5A1AF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D034no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Tritanopia#ACDAC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 10.7 Yellow green · ΔE 17.5 Lawn green · ΔE 23.4 Chartreuse · ΔE 24 Yellow · ΔE 30.5 Limegreen · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F0FE5

Analogous#E5BA0F, #3AE50F

Triadic#0FA5E5, #E50FA5

Split complementary#0F3AE5, #BA0FE5

Tetradic#0FE5BA, #4F0FE5, #E50F3A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBFBC5

Lighter +30%#DAF895

Lighter +20%#CAF565

Lighter +10%#B9F235

Darker −10%#83B50C

Darker −20%#608509

Darker −30%#3E5506

Darker −40%#1B2602

More saturated +25%#ABF400

Less saturated −25%#99C72E

Channel breakdown

R165

G229

B15

Red165 (64.7%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue77.94°

Saturation (HSL)87.7%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A5 · G E5 · B 0F

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