HEX Color #99CC5F (Yellowgreen)

About #99CC5F

Visually, #99CC5F is defined as a moderate green. Its closest recognized web color is Yellowgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 153 parts red, 204 parts green, and 95 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 25% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 88.1° hue, 51.7% saturation, and 58.6% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#99CC5F

RGB153, 204, 95

HSL88.1°, 51.7%, 58.6%

CMYK25%, 0%, 53%, 20%

HSV88.1°, 53.4%, 80.0%

LAB76.5, -34.5, 48.4

XYZ36.8, 50.8, 18.7

Decimal10079327

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#99CC5F #925ECC

Analogous

#CCC85E #62CC5E

Triadic

#5E98CC #CC5E98

Tetradic

#5ECCC8 #925ECC #CC5E62

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#99CC5F

#A4D170

#AFD782

#BBDD94

#C6E2A6

#D1E8B7

#DDEEC9

#E8F3DB

#F3F9ED

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#99CC5F

#88B554

#779E49

#66883F

#557134

#445A2A

#33441F

#222D15

#11160A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.88:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.16:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.80:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.48:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #99CC5F; }

.text-color { color: #99CC5F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #99CC5F; }

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Yellowgreen

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