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#AAB42E

#aab42e ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aab42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 70.59% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.56% cyan, 0% magenta, 74.44% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 64.48°, with 59.29% saturation and 44.31% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 6.16.

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Web safe#99cc33
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Relative luminance0.4139

Complementary

  1. #aab42e
  2. #382eb4

Split complementary

  1. #aab42e
  2. #2e67b4
  3. #7b2eb4

Analogous

  1. #b47b2e
  2. #aab42e
  3. #67b42e

Triadic

  1. #aab42e
  2. #2eaab4
  3. #b42eaa

Tetradic

  1. #aab42e
  2. #2eb438
  3. #382eb4
  4. #b42eaa

Square

  1. #aab42e
  2. #2eb47b
  3. #382eb4
  4. #b42e67

Monochromatic

  1. #373a0f
  2. #70771e
  3. #aab42e
  4. #ccd55a
  5. #dfe497

Shades

#aab42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aab42e
  2. #99a229
  3. #889025
  4. #777e20
  5. #666c1c
  6. #555a17
  7. #444812
  8. #33360e
  9. #222409
  10. #111205
  11. #000000

Tints

#aab42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aab42e
  2. #b3bc43
  3. #bbc358
  4. #c4cb6d
  5. #ccd282
  6. #d5da97
  7. #dde1ab
  8. #e6e9c0
  9. #eef0d5
  10. #f7f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aab42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aab42e
  2. #a6af36
  3. #a2aa3e
  4. #9da447
  5. #999f4f
  6. #959a57
  7. #91955f
  8. #8d9067
  9. #888a70
  10. #848578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abaf8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ab10 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ae39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5a99b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9af1f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8b035 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1ae7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aab42e {
  color: #aab42e;
}
Background
.bg-aab42e {
  background-color: #aab42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aab42e {
  border: 2px solid #aab42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aab42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 180 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 59% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aab42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aab42e, #67b42e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aab42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 180 46 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.16 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.53 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.27 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.60 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 9.07 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.67 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 9.93 #554bd1 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Apple Green
#aab42e  rgb(170, 180, 46)  hsl(64, 59%, 44%)  Apple Green
#382eb4  rgb(56, 46, 180)  hsl(244, 59%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#2eaab4  rgb(46, 170, 180)  hsl(184, 59%, 44%)  Verdigris
#b42eaa  rgb(180, 46, 170)  hsl(304, 59%, 44%)  Purpureus