Information about #5F9B12 color

#5F9B12 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5F9B12 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(95, 155, 18) — 37.3% red, 60.8% green, 7.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 0 / 54 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #5F9B12 reads as a strongly colored zesty chartreuse and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Bitter Lime (#648C11). Slightly further away sit Green Onion (#6AA121) and Kakapo (#5C9625).

The recipe behind #5F9B12 is rgb(95, 155, 18), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5F9B12: 6.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#5F9B12 color variations

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#5F9B12 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #5F9B12

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bitter Lime color link
Bitter Lime

#648C11

Green Onion color link
Green Onion

#6AA121

Kakapo color link
Kakapo

#5C9625

Leaf Green color link
Leaf Green

#5CA904

Limeade color link
Limeade

#5F9727

Vida Loca color link
Vida Loca

#5F9228

Olive Drab color link
Olive Drab

#6B8E23

Olivedrab color link
Olivedrab

#698B22

Christi color link
Christi

#71A91D

Mossy Green color link
Mossy Green

#638B27

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5F9B12
  • RGB95, 155, 18
  • CMYK24, 0, 54, 39
  • CSSrgb(95, 155, 18)
  • HSL86°, 79%, 34%
  • HSL Precise86.277°, 79.191%, 33.922%
  • HSV86°, 88%, 61%
  • HSB86°, 88%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.071
  • GLSLvec3(0.373, 0.608, 0.071)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.373, 0.608, 0.071, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.373, 0.608, 0.071)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB37.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB7.1%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID5F9B12
  • DECIMAL ID6265618
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01