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#AEC145

#aec145 ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aec145 is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 75.69% green and 27.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.84% cyan, 0% magenta, 64.25% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 69.19°, with 50% saturation and 51.37% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 5.94.

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Web safe#99cc33
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Relative luminance0.4757

Complementary

  1. #aec145
  2. #5845c1

Split complementary

  1. #aec145
  2. #4570c1
  3. #9645c1

Analogous

  1. #c19645
  2. #aec145
  3. #70c145

Triadic

  1. #aec145
  2. #45aec1
  3. #c145ae

Tetradic

  1. #aec145
  2. #45c158
  3. #5845c1
  4. #c145ae

Square

  1. #aec145
  2. #45c196
  3. #5845c1
  4. #c14570

Monochromatic

  1. #49521b
  2. #7d8b2e
  3. #aec145
  4. #c7d47e
  5. #e0e7b8

Shades

#aec145 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aec145
  2. #9dae3e
  3. #8b9a37
  4. #7a8730
  5. #687429
  6. #576123
  7. #464d1c
  8. #343a15
  9. #23270e
  10. #111307
  11. #000000

Tints

#aec145 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aec145
  2. #b6c758
  3. #becd6a
  4. #c6d47d
  5. #ceda8f
  6. #d7e0a2
  7. #dfe6b5
  8. #e7ecc7
  9. #eff3da
  10. #f7f9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aec145 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aec145
  2. #a9bb4b
  3. #a5b451
  4. #a0ae57
  5. #9ca75d
  6. #97a163
  7. #929a68
  8. #8e946e
  9. #898d74
  10. #85877a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4bb97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb735 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb84e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8b7a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2bb3c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0bc4a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4bb8b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aec145 {
  color: #aec145;
}
Background
.bg-aec145 {
  background-color: #aec145;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aec145 {
  border: 2px solid #aec145;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aec145;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 193 69;
  --color-primary-hsl: 69 50% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aec145 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aec145, #70c145);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aec145 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 193 69 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 5.94 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.11 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.21 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.38 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 9.33 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 9.80 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.10 #513eba Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#aec145  rgb(174, 193, 69)  hsl(69, 50%, 51%)  Yellow Green
#5845c1  rgb(88, 69, 193)  hsl(249, 50%, 51%)  Ocean Blue
#45aec1  rgb(69, 174, 193)  hsl(189, 50%, 51%)  Moonstone Blue
#c145ae  rgb(193, 69, 174)  hsl(309, 50%, 51%)  Medium Orchid