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#ADCD09

#adcd09 ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#adcd09 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, 80.39% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.61% cyan, 0% magenta, 95.61% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 69.8°, with 91.59% saturation and 41.96% 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 11.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 4.81.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.5257

Complementary

  1. #adcd09
  2. #2909cd

Split complementary

  1. #adcd09
  2. #094bcd
  3. #8b09cd

Analogous

  1. #cd8b09
  2. #adcd09
  3. #4bcd09

Triadic

  1. #adcd09
  2. #09adcd
  3. #cd09ad

Tetradic

  1. #adcd09
  2. #09cd29
  3. #2909cd
  4. #cd09ad

Square

  1. #adcd09
  2. #09cd8b
  3. #2909cd
  4. #cd094b

Monochromatic

  1. #313a03
  2. #6f8406
  3. #adcd09
  4. #d5f62d
  5. #e4f976

Shades

#adcd09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adcd09
  2. #9cb908
  3. #8aa407
  4. #799006
  5. #687b05
  6. #576705
  7. #455204
  8. #343e03
  9. #232902
  10. #111501
  11. #000000

Tints

#adcd09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adcd09
  2. #b5d222
  3. #bdd73a
  4. #c6dc53
  5. #cee16b
  6. #d6e684
  7. #deeb9d
  8. #e6f0b5
  9. #eff5ce
  10. #f7fae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adcd09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adcd09
  2. #a9c515
  3. #a4be21
  4. #a0b62d
  5. #9bae39
  6. #97a745
  7. #929f50
  8. #8e975c
  9. #898f68
  10. #858874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9c599 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c02b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8c1ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cac500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7c521 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3c68a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adcd09 {
  color: #adcd09;
}
Background
.bg-adcd09 {
  background-color: #adcd09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adcd09 {
  border: 2px solid #adcd09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adcd09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 205 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 70 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adcd09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adcd09, #4bcd09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adcd09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 205 9 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 4.81 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.50 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.35 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.03 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 9.28 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 11.08 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 11.36 #5232f6 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#adcd09  rgb(173, 205, 9)  hsl(70, 92%, 42%)  Yellow Green
#2909cd  rgb(41, 9, 205)  hsl(250, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#09adcd  rgb(9, 173, 205)  hsl(190, 92%, 42%)  Bondi Blue
#cd09ad  rgb(205, 9, 173)  hsl(310, 92%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red