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#AECC01

#aecc01 ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#aecc01 is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 80% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 99.51% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 68.87°, with 99.02% saturation and 40.2% 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 11.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 5.22.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.5219

Complementary

  1. #aecc01
  2. #1f01cc

Split complementary

  1. #aecc01
  2. #0148cc
  3. #8501cc

Analogous

  1. #cc8501
  2. #aecc01
  3. #48cc01

Triadic

  1. #aecc01
  2. #01aecc
  3. #cc01ae

Tetradic

  1. #aecc01
  2. #01cc1f
  3. #1f01cc
  4. #cc01ae

Square

  1. #aecc01
  2. #01cc85
  3. #1f01cc
  4. #cc0148

Monochromatic

  1. #2c3400
  2. #6d8001
  3. #aecc01
  4. #dcfe1c
  5. #e8fe68

Shades

#aecc01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aecc01
  2. #9db801
  3. #8ba301
  4. #7a8f01
  5. #687a01
  6. #576601
  7. #465200
  8. #343d00
  9. #232900
  10. #111400
  11. #000000

Tints

#aecc01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aecc01
  2. #b6d11a
  3. #bed634
  4. #c6db4d
  5. #cee067
  6. #d7e680
  7. #dfeb99
  8. #e7f0b3
  9. #eff5cc
  10. #f7fae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aecc01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aecc01
  2. #a9c40e
  3. #a5bd1a
  4. #a0b527
  5. #9cae34
  6. #97a641
  7. #929e4d
  8. #8e975a
  9. #898f67
  10. #858873
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9c498 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dabf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c028 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9c0ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cac500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8c51e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5c589 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aecc01 {
  color: #aecc01;
}
Background
.bg-aecc01 {
  background-color: #aecc01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aecc01 {
  border: 2px solid #aecc01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aecc01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 204 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 69 99% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aecc01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aecc01, #48cc01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aecc01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 204 1 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 5.22 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.79 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.33 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.05 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 9.70 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 11.30 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 11.46 #5133fe Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#aecc01  rgb(174, 204, 1)  hsl(69, 99%, 40%)  Yellow Green
#1f01cc  rgb(31, 1, 204)  hsl(249, 99%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#01aecc  rgb(1, 174, 204)  hsl(189, 99%, 40%)  Bondi Blue
#cc01ae  rgb(204, 1, 174)  hsl(309, 99%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red