Information about #609F12 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#609F12 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(96, 159, 18) — 37.6% red, 62.4% green, 7.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 25 / 0 / 55 / 38. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #609F12 reads as a vivid, lively yellow-green and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Leaf Green (#5CA904). Slightly further away sit Green Onion (#6AA121) and Bitter Lime (#648C11).

The recipe behind #609F12 is rgb(96, 159, 18), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 6.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. #609F12 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#609F12 color variations

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#609F12 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 #609F12

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

Leaf Green color link
Leaf Green

#5CA904

Green Onion color link
Green Onion

#6AA121

Bitter Lime color link
Bitter Lime

#648C11

Kakapo color link
Kakapo

#5C9625

Limeade color link
Limeade

#5F9727

Christi color link
Christi

#71A91D

Vida Loca color link
Vida Loca

#5F9228

Olive Drab color link
Olive Drab

#6B8E23

Kermit Green color link
Kermit Green

#5CB200

Olivedrab color link
Olivedrab

#698B22

#609F12 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#609F12
  • RGB96, 159, 18
  • CMYK25, 0, 55, 38
  • HSL87°, 80%, 35%
  • HSL Precise86.809°, 79.661%, 34.706%
  • HSV87°, 89%, 62%
  • HSB87°, 89%, 62%
  • HEX ID609F12
  • DECIMAL ID6332178
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Chartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • Percentage of Red in RGB37.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB7.1%
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