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#ADEE17

#adee17 ≈ Spring Bud

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#adee17 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, 93.33% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.31% cyan, 0% magenta, 90.34% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 78.14°, with 86.35% saturation and 51.18% 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 15.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Spring Bud (#a7fc00), ΔE 3.29.

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Web safe#99ff00
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Relative luminance0.701

Complementary

  1. #adee17
  2. #5817ee

Split complementary

  1. #adee17
  2. #1742ee
  3. #c417ee

Analogous

  1. #eec417
  2. #adee17
  3. #42ee17

Triadic

  1. #adee17
  2. #17adee
  3. #ee17ad

Tetradic

  1. #adee17
  2. #17ee58
  3. #5817ee
  4. #ee17ad

Square

  1. #adee17
  2. #17eec4
  3. #5817ee
  4. #ee1742

Monochromatic

  1. #486507
  2. #7cac0d
  3. #adee17
  4. #c6f35e
  5. #dff8a6

Shades

#adee17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adee17
  2. #9cd615
  3. #8abe12
  4. #79a710
  5. #688f0e
  6. #57770c
  7. #455f09
  8. #344707
  9. #233005
  10. #111802
  11. #000000

Tints

#adee17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adee17
  2. #b5f02e
  3. #bdf145
  4. #c6f35d
  5. #cef574
  6. #d6f78b
  7. #def8a2
  8. #e6fab9
  9. #effcd1
  10. #f7fde8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adee17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adee17
  2. #a9e322
  3. #a4d82c
  4. #a0cd37
  5. #9bc241
  6. #97b74c
  7. #92ac56
  8. #8ea161
  9. #89966b
  10. #858b76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cae2ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fbdd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f2d938 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4e3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0e400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dae22e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1e7a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adee17 {
  color: #adee17;
}
Background
.bg-adee17 {
  background-color: #adee17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adee17 {
  border: 2px solid #adee17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adee17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 238 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 78 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adee17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adee17, #42ee17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adee17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 238 23 / 0.35);
}

#a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 3.29 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 3.83 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 4.87 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 5.13 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 6.60 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 6.70 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.25 #5211e8 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Spring Bud
#adee17  rgb(173, 238, 23)  hsl(78, 86%, 51%)  Spring Bud
#5817ee  rgb(88, 23, 238)  hsl(258, 86%, 51%)  Han Purple
#17adee  rgb(23, 173, 238)  hsl(198, 86%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ee17ad  rgb(238, 23, 173)  hsl(318, 86%, 51%)  Shocking Pink