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#AAB51D

#aab51d ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aab51d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 70.98% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.08% cyan, 0% magenta, 83.98% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 64.34°, with 72.38% saturation and 41.18% 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 9.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#99cc33
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Relative luminance0.4168

Complementary

  1. #aab51d
  2. #281db5

Split complementary

  1. #aab51d
  2. #1d5eb5
  3. #741db5

Analogous

  1. #b5741d
  2. #aab51d
  3. #5eb51d

Triadic

  1. #aab51d
  2. #1daab5
  3. #b51daa

Tetradic

  1. #aab51d
  2. #1db528
  3. #281db5
  4. #b51daa

Square

  1. #aab51d
  2. #1db574
  3. #281db5
  4. #b51d5e

Monochromatic

  1. #2e3108
  2. #6c7312
  3. #aab51d
  4. #d4e03e
  5. #e3eb80

Shades

#aab51d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aab51d
  2. #99a31a
  3. #889117
  4. #777f14
  5. #666d11
  6. #555b0f
  7. #44480c
  8. #333609
  9. #222406
  10. #111203
  11. #000000

Tints

#aab51d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aab51d
  2. #b3bc34
  3. #bbc44a
  4. #c4cb61
  5. #ccd377
  6. #d5da8e
  7. #dde1a5
  8. #e6e9bb
  9. #eef0d2
  10. #f7f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aab51d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aab51d
  2. #a6b027
  3. #a2aa31
  4. #9da53b
  5. #99a045
  6. #959b4f
  7. #919558
  8. #8d9062
  9. #888b6c
  10. #848576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acb08a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ae2e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6aa9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9af00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9b128 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1ae7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aab51d {
  color: #aab51d;
}
Background
.bg-aab51d {
  background-color: #aab51d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aab51d {
  border: 2px solid #aab51d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aab51d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 181 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 72% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aab51d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aab51d, #5eb51d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aab51d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 181 29 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.04 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.18 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 9.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.28 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.32 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.79 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 10.01 #554ae2 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Apple Green
#aab51d  rgb(170, 181, 29)  hsl(64, 72%, 41%)  Apple Green
#281db5  rgb(40, 29, 181)  hsl(244, 72%, 41%)  Zaffre
#1daab5  rgb(29, 170, 181)  hsl(184, 72%, 41%)  Verdigris
#b51daa  rgb(181, 29, 170)  hsl(304, 72%, 41%)  Purpureus