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#ADCA08

#adca08 ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#adca08 is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 79.22% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.36% cyan, 0% magenta, 96.04% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 68.97°, with 92.38% saturation and 41.18% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, 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 11.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 5.16.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.5114

Complementary

  1. #adca08
  2. #2508ca

Split complementary

  1. #adca08
  2. #084cca
  3. #8608ca

Analogous

  1. #ca8608
  2. #adca08
  3. #4cca08

Triadic

  1. #adca08
  2. #08adca
  3. #ca08ad

Tetradic

  1. #adca08
  2. #08ca25
  3. #2508ca
  4. #ca08ad

Square

  1. #adca08
  2. #08ca86
  3. #2508ca
  4. #ca084c

Monochromatic

  1. #2f3702
  2. #6e8005
  3. #adca08
  4. #d8f628
  5. #e5f972

Shades

#adca08 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adca08
  2. #9cb607
  3. #8aa206
  4. #798d06
  5. #687905
  6. #576504
  7. #455103
  8. #343d02
  9. #232802
  10. #111401
  11. #000000

Tints

#adca08 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adca08
  2. #b5cf21
  3. #bdd539
  4. #c6da52
  5. #cedf6b
  6. #d6e584
  7. #deea9c
  8. #e6efb5
  9. #eff4ce
  10. #f7fae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adca08 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adca08
  2. #a9c314
  3. #a4bb20
  4. #a0b42c
  5. #9bac38
  6. #97a544
  7. #929e50
  8. #8e965c
  9. #898f68
  10. #858774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7c397 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8be00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4be2a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8beac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8c300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6c320 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4c388 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adca08 {
  color: #adca08;
}
Background
.bg-adca08 {
  background-color: #adca08;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adca08 {
  border: 2px solid #adca08;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adca08;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 202 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 69 92% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adca08 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adca08, #4cca08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adca08 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 202 8 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 5.16 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.92 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.62 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.72 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 9.98 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 11.52 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 11.58 #5235f7 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#adca08  rgb(173, 202, 8)  hsl(69, 92%, 41%)  Yellow Green
#2508ca  rgb(37, 8, 202)  hsl(249, 92%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#08adca  rgb(8, 173, 202)  hsl(189, 92%, 41%)  Bondi Blue
#ca08ad  rgb(202, 8, 173)  hsl(309, 92%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red