#94DE37

sRGB: 148 / 222 / 55

#94DE37 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 148 red, 222 green and 55 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 86.6° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 71.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 54.3% 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 (12.76:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 148, 222, 55
HSL: 86.59°, 71.67%, 54.31%
HSV / HSB: 86.59°, 75.23%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 33.33%, 0.00%, 75.23%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 39.022, 58.813, 12.911
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.189, -47.299, 69.318
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58814
24-bit decimal: 9756215

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 #94DE37 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: 12.76:1

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

#8137DE sits half a turn (180°) from #94DE37 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.

#94DE37 #8137DE

Analogous

#DED537 and #40DE37 sit 30° to either side of #94DE37. 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.

#DED537 #94DE37 #40DE37

Triadic

#94DE37, #3794DE and #DE3794 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#94DE37 #3794DE #DE3794

Split complementary

Start at #94DE37 and look across the wheel. #3740DE and #D537DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#94DE37 #3740DE #D537DE

Square

Starting with #94DE37, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #37DED5, #8137DE, then #DE3740. Across the square, #94DE37 pairs with #8137DE, and #37DED5 with #DE3740.

#94DE37 #37DED5 #8137DE #DE3740

Tetradic

#94DE37 and #8137DE are opposites, as are #37DE81 and #DE3794. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#94DE37 #37DE81 #8137DE #DE3794

Tints

Mixing #94DE37 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A9E55F, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAF8D7, the mixture is 80% white.

#94DE37 #A9E55F #BFEB87 #D4F2AF #EAF8D7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #94DE37 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #76B22C, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E2C0B, the mixture is 80% black.

#94DE37 #76B22C #598521 #3B5916 #1E2C0B #000000

Tones

Mixing #94DE37 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #90CB46, keeps 80% of the original. By #849371, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#94DE37 #90CB46 #8CB854 #88A663 #849371 #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

#94DE37

RGB

rgb(148 222 55)

HSL

hsl(86.587 71.674% 54.314%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #94DE37;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#94DE37 uses 148 red, 222 green and 55 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.0%

Green 87.1%

Blue 21.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #94DE37 is 33.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 75.2% 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 75.2%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99DD33. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9D3 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #94DE37 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #99DD33 Nearest web-safe: #99CC33

Gradient to complement

#94DE37 #91C253 #8EA66F #8B8B8B #876FA6 #8453C2 #8137DE

Color vision previews

Compare how #94DE37 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.

#E8CD0D

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.

#DEC848

Tritanopia

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

#97D5BF

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.

#CFD32B

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.

#CBCF42

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#99DA7F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CACACA

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.

#B1D498

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 0.03820

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 0.33667

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.37325 G 0.71604 B 0.09273

CIE xyY

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

x 0.352 y 0.531 Y 58.813

CMY

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

C % 41.961 M % 12.941 Y % 78.431

Binary RGB

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

10010100 11011110 00110111