#94DE12

sRGB: 148 / 222 / 18

#94DE12 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 148 red, 222 green and 18 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 81.8° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 85.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 47.1% 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 (12.72:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 148, 222, 18
HSL: 81.76°, 85.00%, 47.06%
HSV / HSB: 81.76°, 91.89%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 33.33%, 0.00%, 91.89%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 38.442, 58.581, 9.854
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.061, -48.599, 77.558
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58582
24-bit decimal: 9756178

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 #94DE12 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: 12.72:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.65:1

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.

Reference: 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

#5C12DE sits half a turn (180°) from #94DE12 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.

#94DE12 #5C12DE

Analogous

#DEC212 and #2EDE12 sit 30° to either side of #94DE12. 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.

#DEC212 #94DE12 #2EDE12

Triadic

#94DE12, #1294DE and #DE1294 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#94DE12 #1294DE #DE1294

Split complementary

Start at #94DE12 and look across the wheel. #122EDE and #C212DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#94DE12 #122EDE #C212DE

Square

Starting with #94DE12, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #12DEC2, #5C12DE, then #DE122E. Across the square, #94DE12 pairs with #5C12DE, and #12DEC2 with #DE122E.

#94DE12 #12DEC2 #5C12DE #DE122E

Tetradic

#94DE12 and #5C12DE are opposites, as are #12DE5C and #DE1294. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#94DE12 #12DE5C #5C12DE #DE1294

Tints

Mixing #94DE12 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A9E541, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAF8D0, the mixture is 80% white.

#94DE12 #A9E541 #BFEB71 #D4F2A0 #EAF8D0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #94DE12 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #76B20E, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E2C04, the mixture is 80% black.

#94DE12 #76B20E #59850B #3B5907 #1E2C04 #000000

Tones

Mixing #94DE12 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #90CB28, keeps 80% of the original. By #84936A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#94DE12 #90CB28 #8CB83E #88A654 #84936A #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

#94DE12

RGB

rgb(148 222 18)

HSL

hsl(81.765 85.000% 47.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #94DE12;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#94DE12 uses 148 red, 222 green and 18 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.0%

Green 87.1%

Blue 7.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #94DE12 is 33.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 91.9% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 33.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 91.9%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99DD11. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9D1 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #94DE12 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #99DD11 Nearest web-safe: #99CC00

Gradient to complement

#94DE12 #8BBC34 #819A56 #787878 #6F569A #6534BC #5C12DE

Color vision previews

Compare how #94DE12 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.

#E9CD00

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.

#DFC834

Tritanopia

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

#98D4BD

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.

#D0D200

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.

#CCCF2A

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#99DA78

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C9C9C9

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.

#B1D494

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.73046 B 0.00605

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 0.64471 G 0.86293 B 0.27940

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.37325 G 0.71604 B 0.06345

CIE xyY

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

x 0.360 y 0.548 Y 58.581

CMY

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

C % 41.961 M % 12.941 Y % 92.941

Binary RGB

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

10010100 11011110 00010010