Lichen

The color code of Lichen indicates, that green is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with red it also forms the basic color yellow, but still remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Lichen is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 19 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 75 %, Lichen is a quite light color.

Hex	`#a9c999`
RGB	`rgb(169, 201, 153)`
HSL*	`hsl(100, 31%, 69%)`
Lab*	`77.58 -19.55 20.53`
CMYK*	`16% 0% 24% 21%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

60 %

a9c999