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#AEB618

#aeb618 ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aeb618 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 71.37% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 86.81% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 63.04°, with 76.7% saturation and 40.39% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 6.89.

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Relative luminance0.4252

Complementary

  1. #aeb618
  2. #2018b6

Split complementary

  1. #aeb618
  2. #185fb6
  3. #6f18b6

Analogous

  1. #b66f18
  2. #aeb618
  3. #5fb618

Triadic

  1. #aeb618
  2. #18aeb6
  3. #b618ae

Tetradic

  1. #aeb618
  2. #18b620
  3. #2018b6
  4. #b618ae

Square

  1. #aeb618
  2. #18b66f
  3. #2018b6
  4. #b6185f

Monochromatic

  1. #2d2f06
  2. #6d720f
  3. #aeb618
  4. #dce436
  5. #e8ed7a

Shades

#aeb618 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeb618
  2. #9da416
  3. #8b9213
  4. #7a7f11
  5. #686d0e
  6. #575b0c
  7. #46490a
  8. #343707
  9. #232405
  10. #111202
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeb618 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeb618
  2. #b6bd2f
  3. #bec546
  4. #c6cc5d
  5. #ced374
  6. #d7db8c
  7. #dfe2a3
  8. #e7e9ba
  9. #eff0d1
  10. #f7f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeb618 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeb618
  2. #a9b122
  3. #a5ab2d
  4. #a0a637
  5. #9ca042
  6. #979b4c
  7. #929656
  8. #8e9061
  9. #898b6b
  10. #858576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeb18b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b02b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #baaa9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcb100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcb224 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6af7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeb618 {
  color: #aeb618;
}
Background
.bg-aeb618 {
  background-color: #aeb618;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeb618 {
  border: 2px solid #aeb618;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeb618;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 182 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 77% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeb618 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeb618, #5fb618);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeb618 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 182 24 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.89 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.99 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.92 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.07 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.36 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 9.56 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 10.12 #5149e7 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Apple Green
#aeb618  rgb(174, 182, 24)  hsl(63, 77%, 40%)  Apple Green
#2018b6  rgb(32, 24, 182)  hsl(243, 77%, 40%)  Zaffre
#18aeb6  rgb(24, 174, 182)  hsl(183, 77%, 40%)  Verdigris
#b618ae  rgb(182, 24, 174)  hsl(303, 77%, 40%)  Purpureus