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#AEB90A

#aeb90a ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aeb90a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 72.55% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.95% cyan, 0% magenta, 94.59% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 63.77°, with 89.74% saturation and 38.24% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 6.62.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.4372

Complementary

  1. #aeb90a
  2. #150ab9

Split complementary

  1. #aeb90a
  2. #0a57b9
  3. #6d0ab9

Analogous

  1. #b96d0a
  2. #aeb90a
  3. #57b90a

Triadic

  1. #aeb90a
  2. #0aaeb9
  3. #b90aae

Tetradic

  1. #aeb90a
  2. #0ab915
  3. #150ab9
  4. #b90aae

Square

  1. #aeb90a
  2. #0ab96d
  3. #150ab9
  4. #b90a57

Monochromatic

  1. #252802
  2. #6a7006
  3. #aeb90a
  4. #e5f31d
  5. #eef765

Shades

#aeb90a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeb90a
  2. #9da709
  3. #8b9408
  4. #7a8207
  5. #686f06
  6. #575d05
  7. #464a04
  8. #343803
  9. #232502
  10. #111301
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeb90a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeb90a
  2. #b6c023
  3. #bec73b
  4. #c6ce54
  5. #ced56c
  6. #d7dc85
  7. #dfe39d
  8. #e7eab6
  9. #eff1ce
  10. #f7f8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeb90a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeb90a
  2. #a9b316
  3. #a5ae22
  4. #a0a82d
  5. #9ca239
  6. #979d45
  7. #929751
  8. #8e915d
  9. #898b68
  10. #858674
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b48c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b225 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #baad9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beb300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beb51d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6b27d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeb90a {
  color: #aeb90a;
}
Background
.bg-aeb90a {
  background-color: #aeb90a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeb90a {
  border: 2px solid #aeb90a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeb90a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 185 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 90% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeb90a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeb90a, #57b90a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeb90a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 185 10 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.62 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 8.93 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.01 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 9.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.68 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.72 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 9.99 #5146f5 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#aeb90a  rgb(174, 185, 10)  hsl(64, 90%, 38%)  Apple Green
#150ab9  rgb(21, 10, 185)  hsl(244, 90%, 38%)  Medium Blue
#0aaeb9  rgb(10, 174, 185)  hsl(184, 90%, 38%)  Verdigris
#b90aae  rgb(185, 10, 174)  hsl(304, 90%, 38%)  Purpureus