Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#A9CF66

  • #A9CF66
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#A9CF66 is a green with RGB values 169, 207, 102 and HSL 82°, 52%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#A9CF66#A9CF66
HEX#A9CF66
RGBrgb(169, 207, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.8118, 0.4
RGB percentages66.3%, 81.2%, 40%
HSLhsl(81.7, 52.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(81.7, 50.7%, 81.2%)
CMYK18.4%, 0%, 50.7%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,128,678
CSS custom property--colour: #A9CF66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.8:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#563099

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8C45Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3C26Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AFC7B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 21Light green · ΔE 21.8Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6Khaki · ΔE 23.6Olivedrab · ΔE 23.9Pale green · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 20.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C66CF
Analogous#CFC166, #75CF66
Triadic#66A9CF, #CF66A9
Split complementary#6674CF, #C166CF
Tetradic#66CFC1, #8C66CF, #CF6674

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAF4DA
Lighter +20%#D5E7B4
Lighter +10%#BFDB8D
Darker −10%#93C33F
Darker −20%#769E31
Darker −30%#597725
Darker −40%#3C5019
More saturated +25%#B0E84D
Less saturated −25%#A2B67F

Channel breakdown

R169
G207
B102
Red169 (66.3%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue81.71°
Saturation (HSL)52.24%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G CF · B 66

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a9cf66” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.