HEX Color #99E216 (Greenyellow)

About #99E216

Visually, #99E216 is defined as a vivid green. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Greenyellow. In the RGB color space, it consists of 153 red, 226 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 32% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#99E216

RGB153, 226, 22

HSL81.5°, 82.3%, 48.6%

CMYK32%, 0%, 90%, 11%

HSV81.5°, 90.3%, 88.6%

LAB82.5, -48.4, 78.3

XYZ40.5, 61.2, 10.4

Decimal10084886

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#99E216 #5F16E2

Analogous

#E2C416 #33E216

Triadic

#1698E2 #E21698

Tetradic

#16E2C4 #5F16E2 #E21632

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#99E216

#A4E52F

#AFE849

#BBEB63

#C6EE7D

#D1F297

#DDF5B1

#E8F8CB

#F3FBE5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#99E216

#88C813

#77AF11

#66960E

#557D0C

#446409

#334B07

#223204

#111902

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.59:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

13.24:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.52:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

11.26:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #99E216; }

.text-color { color: #99E216; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #99E216; }

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