Information about #86A042 color

#86A042 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#86A042 falls into the Chartreuse Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(134, 160, 66) — 52.5% red, 62.7% green, 25.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 10 / 0 / 37 / 37. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #86A042 reads as a clearly saturated zesty chartreuse and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Moderate Spring Bud (#85A84A). Slightly further away sit Moderate Lime Green (#91A84A) and Moderate Chartreuse Green (#79A84A).

In RGB terms — rgb(134, 160, 66) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #86A042 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#86A042 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#86A042 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 #86A042

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

Pomelo color link
Pomelo

#96A53C

Wasabi color link
Wasabi

#849137

Sushi color link
Sushi

#7C9F2F

Camo color link
Camo

#7F8F4E

Go color link
Go

#76AD4C

Awol color link
Awol

#888C4D

Sycamore color link
Sycamore

#908D39

Golden Lime color link
Golden Lime

#9A9739

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#86A042
  • RGB134, 160, 66
  • CMYK10, 0, 37, 37
  • CSSrgb(134, 160, 66)
  • HSL77°, 42%, 44%
  • HSL Precise76.596°, 41.593%, 44.314%
  • HSV77°, 59%, 63%
  • HSB77°, 59%, 63%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.525
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.627
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.525, 0.627, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.525, 0.627, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.525, 0.627, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID86A042
  • DECIMAL ID8822850
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01