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#99E00A

#99e00a ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#99e00a is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 87.84% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.7% cyan, 0% magenta, 95.54% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 79.91°, with 91.45% saturation and 45.88% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.6011

Complementary

  1. #99e00a
  2. #510ae0

Split complementary

  1. #99e00a
  2. #0a2ee0
  3. #bc0ae0

Analogous

  1. #e0bc0a
  2. #99e00a
  3. #2ee00a

Triadic

  1. #99e00a
  2. #0a99e0
  3. #e00a99

Tetradic

  1. #99e00a
  2. #0ae051
  3. #510ae0
  4. #e00a99

Square

  1. #99e00a
  2. #0ae0bc
  3. #510ae0
  4. #e00a2e

Monochromatic

  1. #354e03
  2. #679707
  3. #99e00a
  4. #baf640
  5. #d4fa89

Shades

#99e00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99e00a
  2. #8aca09
  3. #7ab308
  4. #6b9d07
  5. #5c8606
  6. #4d7005
  7. #3d5a04
  8. #2e4303
  9. #1f2d02
  10. #0f1601
  11. #000000

Tints

#99e00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99e00a
  2. #a3e323
  3. #ade63b
  4. #b8e954
  5. #c2ec6c
  6. #ccf085
  7. #d6f39d
  8. #e0f6b6
  9. #ebf9ce
  10. #f5fce7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99e00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99e00a
  2. #97d616
  3. #94cd22
  4. #92c32d
  5. #8fba39
  6. #8db045
  7. #8aa651
  8. #889d5d
  9. #859368
  10. #838a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9d4a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebcf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2ca31 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ed6be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfd600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9d327 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9cda98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99e00a {
  color: #99e00a;
}
Background
.bg-99e00a {
  background-color: #99e00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99e00a {
  border: 2px solid #99e00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99e00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 224 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 80 91% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99e00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99e00a, #2ee00a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99e00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 224 10 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 5.05 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 5.39 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 6.05 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 6.63 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.87 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 7.20 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 7.60 #661ff5 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#99e00a  rgb(153, 224, 10)  hsl(80, 91%, 46%)  Yellow Green
#510ae0  rgb(81, 10, 224)  hsl(260, 91%, 46%)  Ultramarine
#0a99e0  rgb(10, 153, 224)  hsl(200, 91%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#e00a99  rgb(224, 10, 153)  hsl(320, 91%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red