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#AECE09

#aece09 ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#aece09 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 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 95.63% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 69.75°, with 91.63% saturation and 42.16% 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 4.9.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.5316

Complementary

  1. #aece09
  2. #2909ce

Split complementary

  1. #aece09
  2. #094bce
  3. #8c09ce

Analogous

  1. #ce8c09
  2. #aece09
  3. #4bce09

Triadic

  1. #aece09
  2. #09aece
  3. #ce09ae

Tetradic

  1. #aece09
  2. #09ce29
  3. #2909ce
  4. #ce09ae

Square

  1. #aece09
  2. #09ce8c
  3. #2909ce
  4. #ce094b

Monochromatic

  1. #323b03
  2. #708506
  3. #aece09
  4. #d5f62e
  5. #e4f977

Shades

#aece09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aece09
  2. #9db908
  3. #8ba507
  4. #7a9006
  5. #687c05
  6. #576705
  7. #465204
  8. #343e03
  9. #232902
  10. #111501
  11. #000000

Tints

#aece09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aece09
  2. #b6d322
  3. #bed83a
  4. #c6dd53
  5. #cee26b
  6. #d7e784
  7. #dfeb9d
  8. #e7f0b5
  9. #eff5ce
  10. #f7fae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aece09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aece09
  2. #a9c615
  3. #a5be21
  4. #a0b72d
  5. #9caf39
  6. #97a745
  7. #929f50
  8. #8e975c
  9. #899068
  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 #d8c12b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9c2af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbc600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9c621 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5c78b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aece09 {
  color: #aece09;
}
Background
.bg-aece09 {
  background-color: #aece09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aece09 {
  border: 2px solid #aece09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aece09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 206 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 70 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aece09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aece09, #4bce09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aece09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 206 9 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 4.90 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.40 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.12 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.28 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 9.14 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 10.84 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 11.17 #5131f6 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#aece09  rgb(174, 206, 9)  hsl(70, 92%, 42%)  Yellow Green
#2909ce  rgb(41, 9, 206)  hsl(250, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#09aece  rgb(9, 174, 206)  hsl(190, 92%, 42%)  Bondi Blue
#ce09ae  rgb(206, 9, 174)  hsl(310, 92%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red