Recognised as Colour

#A9C87D

#A9C87D
Green
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A9C87D is a green with RGB values 169, 200, 125 and HSL 85°, 41%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A9C87D

RGBrgb(169, 200, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.7843, 0.4902

RGB percentages66.3%, 78.4%, 49%

HSLhsl(84.8, 40.5%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(84.8, 37.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK15.5%, 0%, 37.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,126,909

CSS custom property--colour: #A9C87D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.24:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#563782

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFBF78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBBD81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Tritanopia#ADC2B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.6 Khaki · ΔE 22.3 Light green · ΔE 25.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9C7DC8

Analogous#C8C27D, #83C87D

Triadic#7DA9C8, #C87DA9

Split complementary#7D84C8, #C17DC8

Tetradic#7DC8C1, #9C7DC8, #C87D84

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0F5E9

Lighter +20%#D8E6C5

Lighter +10%#C1D7A1

Darker −10%#91B959

Darker −20%#779D42

Darker −30%#5C7933

Darker −40%#415524

More saturated +25%#ADDF66

Less saturated −25%#A5B194

Channel breakdown

R169

G200

B125

Red169 (66.3%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue84.8°

Saturation (HSL)40.54%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A9 · G C8 · B 7D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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