#99C516

A medium, vivid green closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #99C516

When working with digital screens, the color #99C516 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Yellowgreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 153 red, 197 green, and 22 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 22% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 75.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#99C516
RGB153, 197, 22
HSL75.1°, 79.9%, 42.9%
CMYK22%, 0%, 89%, 23%
HSV75.1°, 88.8%, 77.3%
LAB74.0, -35.8, 71.4
XYZ33.2, 46.8, 8.0
Decimal10077462

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.03:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.35:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.94:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
8.80:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #99C516; }
.text-color { color: #99C516; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #99C516; }

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