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#AECE05

#aece05 ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#aece05 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, 80.78% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 97.57% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 69.55°, with 95.26% saturation and 41.37% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 4.97.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.5315

Complementary

  1. #aece05
  2. #2505ce

Split complementary

  1. #aece05
  2. #054ace
  3. #8905ce

Analogous

  1. #ce8905
  2. #aece05
  3. #4ace05

Triadic

  1. #aece05
  2. #05aece
  3. #ce05ae

Tetradic

  1. #aece05
  2. #05ce25
  3. #2505ce
  4. #ce05ae

Square

  1. #aece05
  2. #05ce89
  3. #2505ce
  4. #ce054a

Monochromatic

  1. #303901
  2. #6f8303
  3. #aece05
  4. #d8fa26
  5. #e5fc70

Shades

#aece05 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aece05
  2. #9db905
  3. #8ba504
  4. #7a9004
  5. #687c03
  6. #576703
  7. #465202
  8. #343e02
  9. #232901
  10. #111501
  11. #000000

Tints

#aece05 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aece05
  2. #b6d31e
  3. #bed837
  4. #c6dd50
  5. #cee269
  6. #d7e782
  7. #dfeb9b
  8. #e7f0b4
  9. #eff5cd
  10. #f7fae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aece05 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aece05
  2. #a9c611
  3. #a5be1e
  4. #a0b72a
  5. #9caf36
  6. #97a743
  7. #929f4f
  8. #8e975b
  9. #899067
  10. #858874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bac699 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c12a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9c2af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbc600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9c620 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5c78b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aece05 {
  color: #aece05;
}
Background
.bg-aece05 {
  background-color: #aece05;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aece05 {
  border: 2px solid #aece05;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aece05;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 206 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 70 95% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aece05 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aece05, #4ace05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aece05 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 206 5 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 4.97 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.47 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.11 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.30 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 9.20 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 10.83 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 11.18 #5131fa Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#aece05  rgb(174, 206, 5)  hsl(70, 95%, 41%)  Yellow Green
#2505ce  rgb(37, 5, 206)  hsl(250, 95%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#05aece  rgb(5, 174, 206)  hsl(190, 95%, 41%)  Bondi Blue
#ce05ae  rgb(206, 5, 174)  hsl(310, 95%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red