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#9EA900

#9ea900 ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#9ea900 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 66.27% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 100% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 63.91°, with 100% saturation and 33.14% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 6.43.

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Relative luminance0.3565

Complementary

  1. #9ea900
  2. #0b00a9

Split complementary

  1. #9ea900
  2. #0049a9
  3. #6000a9

Analogous

  1. #a96000
  2. #9ea900
  3. #49a900

Triadic

  1. #9ea900
  2. #009ea9
  3. #a9009e

Tetradic

  1. #9ea900
  2. #00a90b
  3. #0b00a9
  4. #a9009e

Square

  1. #9ea900
  2. #00a960
  3. #0b00a9
  4. #a90049

Monochromatic

  1. #131400
  2. #565d00
  3. #9ea900
  4. #e6f600
  5. #f3ff43

Shades

#9ea900 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ea900
  2. #8e9800
  3. #7e8700
  4. #6f7600
  5. #5f6500
  6. #4f5500
  7. #3f4400
  8. #2f3300
  9. #202200
  10. #101100
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ea900 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ea900
  2. #a8b21a
  3. #b1ba33
  4. #bbc34d
  5. #c5cb66
  6. #cfd480
  7. #d8dd99
  8. #e2e5b3
  9. #eceecc
  10. #f5f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ea900 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ea900
  2. #9ba50d
  3. #98a11a
  4. #959d26
  5. #929933
  6. #8f9540
  7. #8c904d
  8. #898c5a
  9. #868866
  10. #838473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0a47f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a21e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a99e8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ada400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada516 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5a371 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ea900 {
  color: #9ea900;
}
Background
.bg-9ea900 {
  background-color: #9ea900;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ea900 {
  border: 2px solid #9ea900;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ea900;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 169 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 100% 33%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ea900 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ea900, #49a900);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ea900 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 169 0 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.43 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.85 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.41 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.72 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 11.04 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 11.30 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.73 #6156ff Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#9ea900  rgb(158, 169, 0)  hsl(64, 100%, 33%)  Apple Green
#0b00a9  rgb(11, 0, 169)  hsl(244, 100%, 33%)  Zaffre
#009ea9  rgb(0, 158, 169)  hsl(184, 100%, 33%)  Cadet Blue
#a9009e  rgb(169, 0, 158)  hsl(304, 100%, 33%)  Dark Magenta