Colour

#B9C778

#B9C778
Green
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B9C778 is a green with RGB values 185, 199, 120 and HSL 71°, 41%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B9C778

RGBrgb(185, 199, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.7804, 0.4706

RGB percentages72.5%, 78%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(70.6, 41.4%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(70.6, 39.7%, 78%)

CMYK7%, 0%, 39.7%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,175,224

CSS custom property--colour: #B9C778;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.5:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#463887

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1BF72no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFC07Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C1BFB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.4 Khaki · ΔE 16.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.7 Burlywood · ΔE 25.5 Wheat · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8678C7

Analogous#C7AD78, #92C778

Triadic#78B9C7, #C778B9

Split complementary#7892C7, #AE78C7

Tetradic#78C7AD, #8678C7, #C77892

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1F4E4

Lighter +20%#DEE5C0

Lighter +10%#CCD69C

Darker −10%#A6B854

Darker −20%#899940

Darker −30%#697531

Darker −40%#495122

More saturated +25%#C8DF60

Less saturated −25%#AAAF90

Channel breakdown

R185

G199

B120

Red185 (72.5%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue70.63°

Saturation (HSL)41.36%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B9 · G C7 · B 78

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