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Recognised as Colour

#A9F50C

  • #A9F50C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#A9F50C is a green with RGB values 169, 245, 12 and HSL 80°, 92%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#A9F50C#A9F50C
HEX#A9F50C
RGBrgb(169, 245, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.9608, 0.0471
RGB percentages66.3%, 96.1%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(79.6, 92.1%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(79.6, 95.1%, 96.1%)
CMYK31%, 0%, 95.1%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,138,316
CSS custom property--colour: #A9F50C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.75:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#560AF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F7DD37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AFEAD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 4.7Lawn green · ΔE 17.2Chartreuse · ΔE 17.5Yellow green · ΔE 25.4Yellow · ΔE 31.8Limegreen · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 4.69, a close match
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#580CF5
Analogous#F5CC0C, #35F50C
Triadic#0CA9F5, #F50CA9
Split complementary#0C35F5, #CC0CF5
Tetradic#0CF5CC, #580CF5, #F50C35

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEFDD0
Lighter +30%#DDFB9F
Lighter +20%#CCF96E
Lighter +10%#BAF73D
Darker −10%#88C608
Darker −20%#669506
Darker −30%#456404
Darker −40%#233302
More saturated +25%#ACFF02
Less saturated −25%#9ED52C

Channel breakdown

R169
G245
B12
Red169 (66.3%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue79.57°
Saturation (HSL)92.09%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G F5 · B 0C

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