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Recognised as Colour

#A6C71C

  • #A6C71C
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#A6C71C is a green with RGB values 166, 199, 28 and HSL 72°, 75%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#A6C71C#A6C71C
HEX#A6C71C
RGBrgb(166, 199, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7804, 0.1098
RGB percentages65.1%, 78%, 11%
HSLhsl(71.6, 75.3%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(71.6, 85.9%, 78%)
CMYK16.6%, 0%, 85.9%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,929,948
CSS custom property--colour: #A6C71C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.81:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#5938E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4BA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BA31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B0BCAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 8.5Green yellow · ΔE 28.7Olivedrab · ΔE 30.5Yellow · ΔE 32.9Olive · ΔE 33.5Gold · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3D1CC7
Analogous#C7931C, #51C71C
Triadic#1CA6C7, #C71CA6
Split complementary#1C51C7, #931CC7
Tetradic#1CC792, #3D1CC7, #C71C50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAF5BA
Lighter +30%#DCEF8D
Lighter +20%#CEE960
Lighter +10%#C1E234
Darker −10%#819A16
Darker −20%#5B6E0F
Darker −30%#364109
Darker −40%#111403
More saturated +25%#B7E300
Less saturated −25%#95AB38

Channel breakdown

R166
G199
B28
Red166 (65.1%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue71.58°
Saturation (HSL)75.33%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G C7 · B 1C

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