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#AED40F

#aed40f ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#aed40f 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, 83.14% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 92.92% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 71.57°, with 86.78% saturation and 44.51% 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 12.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 4.6.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.5612

Complementary

  1. #aed40f
  2. #350fd4

Split complementary

  1. #aed40f
  2. #0f4cd4
  3. #970fd4

Analogous

  1. #d4970f
  2. #aed40f
  3. #4cd40f

Triadic

  1. #aed40f
  2. #0faed4
  3. #d40fae

Tetradic

  1. #aed40f
  2. #0fd435
  3. #350fd4
  4. #d40fae

Square

  1. #aed40f
  2. #0fd497
  3. #350fd4
  4. #d40f4c

Monochromatic

  1. #394505
  2. #738d0a
  3. #aed40f
  4. #cff13e
  5. #e1f686

Shades

#aed40f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aed40f
  2. #9dbf0e
  3. #8baa0c
  4. #7a940b
  5. #687f09
  6. #576a08
  7. #465506
  8. #344005
  9. #232a03
  10. #111502
  11. #000000

Tints

#aed40f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aed40f
  2. #b6d827
  3. #bedd3f
  4. #c6e157
  5. #cee56f
  6. #d7ea87
  7. #dfee9f
  8. #e7f2b7
  9. #eff6cf
  10. #f7fbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aed40f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aed40f
  2. #a9cc1a
  3. #a5c326
  4. #a0bb31
  5. #9cb23c
  6. #97aa48
  7. #92a253
  8. #8e995e
  9. #899169
  10. #858875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdcb9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1c600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc62f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8c8b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfcc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cccb25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4cd90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aed40f {
  color: #aed40f;
}
Background
.bg-aed40f {
  background-color: #aed40f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aed40f {
  border: 2px solid #aed40f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aed40f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 212 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 72 87% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aed40f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aed40f, #4cd40f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aed40f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 212 15 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 4.60 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 4.83 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.70 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 7.79 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.24 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 9.48 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 9.59 #512bf0 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#aed40f  rgb(174, 212, 15)  hsl(72, 87%, 45%)  Yellow Green
#350fd4  rgb(53, 15, 212)  hsl(252, 87%, 45%)  Medium Blue
#0faed4  rgb(15, 174, 212)  hsl(192, 87%, 45%)  Moonstone Blue
#d40fae  rgb(212, 15, 174)  hsl(312, 87%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red