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Aflame Glas

#91bb39
Notes

Aflame Glas (#91BB39) is a true lime with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (79°, 53%, 48%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary indigo. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#91bb39
RGB
rgb(145, 187, 57)
HSL
hsl(79, 53%, 48%)
HWB
hwb(79 22% 27%)
OKLCH
oklch(73.7% 0.162 125.8)
HSV
hsv(79, 70%, 73%)
LAB
lab(70.77% -32.88 58.30)
LCH
lch(70.77% 66.94 119.42)
CMYK
cmyk(22%, 0%, 70%, 27%)

Etymology

Aflame
adjective

Old English on-flamme, on-fire. As a color modifier, aflame implies a saturated-and-burning-bright quality, the bright color of autumn-Maple-and-Oak peak-color deciduous-foliage and Bonfire-Night large-flame fire emission. Sits at the bright-and-warm end of the grid, parallel to flaming and blazing in usage.

Glas
noun

The Welsh word for green — though historically Welsh glas spans the green-blue spectrum, including the gray of stormy seas and slate. Glas Cymru (Welsh-green) refers to the saturated green of Welsh hillsides in spring. The color refers to a Welsh hill in May: a saturated, slightly cool yellow-green with the matte finish of fresh grass.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#91bb39
Original
#c5af24
Protanopia
#bfad44
Deuteranopia
#97b2a1
Tritanopia
#a9a9a9
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.24:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
9.37:1

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