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#ACEA1E

#acea1e ≈ Spring Bud

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#acea1e is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 91.76% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 87.18% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 78.24°, with 82.93% saturation and 51.76% 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 14.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Spring Bud (#a7fc00), ΔE 4.13.

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Web safe#99ff33
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Relative luminance0.6771

Complementary

  1. #acea1e
  2. #5c1eea

Split complementary

  1. #acea1e
  2. #1e46ea
  3. #c21eea

Analogous

  1. #eac21e
  2. #acea1e
  3. #46ea1e

Triadic

  1. #acea1e
  2. #1eacea
  3. #ea1eac

Tetradic

  1. #acea1e
  2. #1eea5c
  3. #5c1eea
  4. #ea1eac

Square

  1. #acea1e
  2. #1eeac2
  3. #5c1eea
  4. #ea1e46

Monochromatic

  1. #4a6609
  2. #7cab10
  3. #acea1e
  4. #c6f164
  5. #e0f7aa

Shades

#acea1e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acea1e
  2. #9bd31b
  3. #8abb18
  4. #78a415
  5. #678c12
  6. #56750f
  7. #455e0c
  8. #344609
  9. #222f06
  10. #111703
  11. #000000

Tints

#acea1e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acea1e
  2. #b4ec35
  3. #bdee4b
  4. #c5f062
  5. #cdf278
  6. #d6f58f
  7. #def7a5
  8. #e6f9bc
  9. #eefbd2
  10. #f7fde9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acea1e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acea1e
  2. #a8df28
  3. #a3d532
  4. #9fca3b
  5. #9ac045
  6. #96b54f
  7. #92aa59
  8. #8da063
  9. #89956c
  10. #848b76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7dfac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eed63b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3dfc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dde000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7de31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0e3a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acea1e {
  color: #acea1e;
}
Background
.bg-acea1e {
  background-color: #acea1e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acea1e {
  border: 2px solid #acea1e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acea1e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 234 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 78 83% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acea1e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acea1e, #46ea1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acea1e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 234 30 / 0.35);
}

#a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 4.13 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 4.56 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 4.61 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 5.80 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.52 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 7.05 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 7.12 #5315e1 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Spring Bud
#acea1e  rgb(172, 234, 30)  hsl(78, 83%, 52%)  Spring Bud
#5c1eea  rgb(92, 30, 234)  hsl(258, 83%, 52%)  Han Purple
#1eacea  rgb(30, 172, 234)  hsl(198, 83%, 52%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea1eac  rgb(234, 30, 172)  hsl(318, 83%, 52%)  Shocking Pink