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#9FA91C

#9fa91c ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#9fa91c is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 83.43% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 64.26°, with 71.57% saturation and 38.63% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 6.46.

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Relative luminance0.3583

Complementary

  1. #9fa91c
  2. #261ca9

Split complementary

  1. #9fa91c
  2. #1c58a9
  3. #6d1ca9

Analogous

  1. #a96d1c
  2. #9fa91c
  3. #58a91c

Triadic

  1. #9fa91c
  2. #1c9fa9
  3. #a91c9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa91c
  2. #1ca926
  3. #261ca9
  4. #a91c9f

Square

  1. #9fa91c
  2. #1ca96d
  3. #261ca9
  4. #a91c58

Monochromatic

  1. #242606
  2. #616711
  3. #9fa91c
  4. #d1dd34
  5. #e0e876

Shades

#9fa91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa91c
  2. #8f9819
  3. #7f8716
  4. #6f7614
  5. #5f6511
  6. #50550e
  7. #40440b
  8. #303308
  9. #202206
  10. #101103
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa91c
  2. #a9b233
  3. #b2ba49
  4. #bcc360
  5. #c5cb77
  6. #cfd48e
  7. #d9dda4
  8. #e2e5bb
  9. #eceed2
  10. #f5f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa91c
  2. #9ca526
  3. #99a130
  4. #969d3a
  5. #939944
  6. #90954e
  7. #8c9058
  8. #898c62
  9. #86886c
  10. #838476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0a481 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a32b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa9e90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ada400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada526 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a373 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa91c {
  color: #9fa91c;
}
Background
.bg-9fa91c {
  background-color: #9fa91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa91c {
  border: 2px solid #9fa91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 72% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa91c, #58a91c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.46 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.78 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.82 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 10.83 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 11.16 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.79 #6056e3 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#9fa91c  rgb(159, 169, 28)  hsl(64, 72%, 39%)  Apple Green
#261ca9  rgb(38, 28, 169)  hsl(244, 72%, 39%)  Zaffre
#1c9fa9  rgb(28, 159, 169)  hsl(184, 72%, 39%)  Cadet Blue
#a91c9f  rgb(169, 28, 159)  hsl(304, 72%, 39%)  Dark Magenta