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#ACEA22

#acea22 ≈ Spring Bud

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#acea22 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 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 85.47% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 78.6°, with 82.64% saturation and 52.55% 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 14.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Spring Bud (#a7fc00), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#99ff33
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Relative luminance0.6773

Complementary

  1. #acea22
  2. #6022ea

Split complementary

  1. #acea22
  2. #2248ea
  3. #c422ea

Analogous

  1. #eac422
  2. #acea22
  3. #48ea22

Triadic

  1. #acea22
  2. #22acea
  3. #ea22ac

Tetradic

  1. #acea22
  2. #22ea60
  3. #6022ea
  4. #ea22ac

Square

  1. #acea22
  2. #22eac4
  3. #6022ea
  4. #ea2248

Monochromatic

  1. #4c690a
  2. #7eaf11
  3. #acea22
  4. #c6f168
  5. #e0f7ae

Shades

#acea22 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acea22
  2. #9bd31f
  3. #8abb1b
  4. #78a418
  5. #678c14
  6. #567511
  7. #455e0e
  8. #34460a
  9. #222f07
  10. #111703
  11. #000000

Tints

#acea22 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acea22
  2. #b4ec38
  3. #bdee4e
  4. #c5f064
  5. #cdf27a
  6. #d6f591
  7. #def7a7
  8. #e6f9bd
  9. #eefbd3
  10. #f7fde9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acea22 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acea22
  2. #a8df2b
  3. #a3d535
  4. #9fca3e
  5. #9ac048
  6. #96b551
  7. #92aa5a
  8. #8da064
  9. #89956d
  10. #848b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7dfac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eed63d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3dfc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dde000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7de34 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0e3a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acea22 {
  color: #acea22;
}
Background
.bg-acea22 {
  background-color: #acea22;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acea22 {
  border: 2px solid #acea22;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acea22;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 234 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 79 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acea22 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acea22, #48ea22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acea22 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 234 34 / 0.35);
}

#a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 4.15 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 4.39 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 4.58 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 5.89 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.44 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 7.00 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 7.06 #5315dd Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Spring Bud
#acea22  rgb(172, 234, 34)  hsl(79, 83%, 53%)  Spring Bud
#6022ea  rgb(96, 34, 234)  hsl(259, 83%, 53%)  Han Purple
#22acea  rgb(34, 172, 234)  hsl(199, 83%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ea22ac  rgb(234, 34, 172)  hsl(319, 83%, 53%)  Shocking Pink