#94BC21

sRGB · 148 / 188 / 33

#94BC21 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 148 red, 188 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 75.5° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 70.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 43.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.47:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 148, 188, 33
HSL: 75.48°, 70.14%, 43.33%
HSV / HSB: 75.48°, 82.45%, 73.73%
CMYK (approx.): 21.28%, 0.00%, 82.45%, 26.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.469, 42.372, 8.012
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 71.126, -33.345, 66.414
WCAG relative luminance: 0.42372
24-bit decimal: 9747489

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #94BC21 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 9.47:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.22:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4921BC sits half a turn (180°) from #94BC21 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#94BC21 #4921BC

Analogous

#BC9721 and #46BC21 sit 30° to either side of #94BC21. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BC9721 #94BC21 #46BC21

Triadic

#94BC21, #2194BC and #BC2194 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#94BC21 #2194BC #BC2194

Split complementary

Start at #94BC21 and look across the wheel. #2146BC and #9721BC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#94BC21 #2146BC #9721BC

Square

Starting with #94BC21, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #21BC97, #4921BC, then #BC2146. Across the square, #94BC21 pairs with #4921BC, and #21BC97 with #BC2146.

#94BC21 #21BC97 #4921BC #BC2146

Tetradic

#94BC21 and #4921BC are opposites, as are #21BC49 and #BC2194. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#94BC21 #21BC49 #4921BC #BC2194

Tints

Mixing #94BC21 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A9C94D, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAF2D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#94BC21 #A9C94D #BFD77A #D4E4A6 #EAF2D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #94BC21 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #76961A, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E2607, the mixture is 80% black.

#94BC21 #76961A #597114 #3B4B0D #1E2607 #000000

Tones

Mixing #94BC21 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #90B034, keeps 80% of the original. By #848C6D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#94BC21 #90B034 #8CA447 #88985A #848C6D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#94BC21

RGB

rgb(148 188 33)

HSL

hsl(75.484 70.136% 43.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #94BC21;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#94BC21 uses 148 red, 188 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.0%

Green 73.7%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #94BC21 is 21.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 82.4% yellow and 26.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 21.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 82.4%

Black 26.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99BB22. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9B2 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #94BC21 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #99BB22 Nearest web-safe · #99CC33

Gradient to complement

#94BC21 #88A23B #7B8855 #6F6F6F #625588 #563BA2 #4921BC

Color vision previews

Compare how #94BC21 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C7AF00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C2AE33

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#9CB2A0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B7B40F

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B6B22C

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#98B868

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#AEAEAE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A2B581

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.29614 G 0.50289 B 0.01521

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.61209 G 0.73273 B 0.26082

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.33284 G 0.49602 B 0.05531

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.377 y 0.524 Y 42.372

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 41.961 M % 26.275 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10010100 10111100 00100001