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#AAEA01

#aaea01 ≈ Spring Bud

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#aaea01 is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 91.76% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 0% magenta, 99.57% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 76.48°, with 99.15% saturation and 46.08% 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 14.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Spring Bud (#a7fc00), ΔE 4.04.

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Web safe#99ff00
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Relative luminance0.6739

Complementary

  1. #aaea01
  2. #4101ea

Split complementary

  1. #aaea01
  2. #0136ea
  3. #b601ea

Analogous

  1. #eab601
  2. #aaea01
  3. #36ea01

Triadic

  1. #aaea01
  2. #01aaea
  3. #ea01aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaea01
  2. #01ea41
  3. #4101ea
  4. #ea01aa

Square

  1. #aaea01
  2. #01eab6
  3. #4101ea
  4. #ea0136

Monochromatic

  1. #3b5200
  2. #739e01
  3. #aaea01
  4. #c8fe39
  5. #ddfe86

Shades

#aaea01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaea01
  2. #99d301
  3. #88bb01
  4. #77a401
  5. #668c01
  6. #557501
  7. #445e00
  8. #334600
  9. #222f00
  10. #111700
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaea01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaea01
  2. #b3ec1a
  3. #bbee34
  4. #c4f04d
  5. #ccf267
  6. #d5f580
  7. #ddf799
  8. #e6f9b3
  9. #eefbcc
  10. #f7fde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaea01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaea01
  2. #a6df0e
  3. #a2d51a
  4. #9dca27
  5. #99c034
  6. #95b541
  7. #91aa4d
  8. #8da05a
  9. #889567
  10. #848b73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6deaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eed531 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1dfc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dce000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6de25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aee39e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaea01 {
  color: #aaea01;
}
Background
.bg-aaea01 {
  background-color: #aaea01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaea01 {
  border: 2px solid #aaea01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaea01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 234 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 76 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaea01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaea01, #36ea01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaea01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 234 1 / 0.35);
}

#a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 4.04 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 4.70 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 5.22 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 5.68 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.99 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 7.03 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 7.19 #5515fe Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Spring Bud
#aaea01  rgb(170, 234, 1)  hsl(76, 99%, 46%)  Spring Bud
#4101ea  rgb(65, 1, 234)  hsl(256, 99%, 46%)  Ultramarine
#01aaea  rgb(1, 170, 234)  hsl(196, 99%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ea01aa  rgb(234, 1, 170)  hsl(316, 99%, 46%)  Shocking Pink