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Recognised as Colour

#A9DA56

  • #A9DA56
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#A9DA56 is a green with RGB values 169, 218, 86 and HSL 82°, 64%, 60%. 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

#A9DA56#A9DA56
HEX#A9DA56
RGBrgb(169, 218, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.8549, 0.3373
RGB percentages66.3%, 85.5%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(82.3, 64.1%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82.3, 60.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK22.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,131,478
CSS custom property--colour: #A9DA56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#5625A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4CC47no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEC95Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AFD1BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 9.9Light green · ΔE 24.3Pale green · ΔE 25.2Olivedrab · ΔE 29.1Green yellow · ΔE 30.8Khaki · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8756DA
Analogous#DAC956, #67DA56
Triadic#56A9DA, #DA56A9
Split complementary#5667DA, #C956DA
Tetradic#56DAC9, #8756DA, #DA5667

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFD
Lighter +30%#E9F5D4
Lighter +20%#D4ECAA
Lighter +10%#BEE380
Darker −10%#93D02D
Darker −20%#76A624
Darker −30%#587C1B
Darker −40%#3A5212
More saturated +25%#B0F43C
Less saturated −25%#A2C070

Channel breakdown

R169
G218
B86
Red169 (66.3%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue82.27°
Saturation (HSL)64.08%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G DA · B 56

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