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#AEE60E

#aee60e ≈ Spring Bud

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#aee60e 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, 90.2% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.35% cyan, 0% magenta, 93.91% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 75.56°, with 88.52% saturation and 47.84% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 14.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Spring Bud (#a7fc00), ΔE 5.18.

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Web safe#99ff00
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Relative luminance0.6562

Complementary

  1. #aee60e
  2. #460ee6

Split complementary

  1. #aee60e
  2. #0e42e6
  3. #b20ee6

Analogous

  1. #e6b20e
  2. #aee60e
  3. #42e60e

Triadic

  1. #aee60e
  2. #0eaee6
  3. #e60eae

Tetradic

  1. #aee60e
  2. #0ee646
  3. #460ee6
  4. #e60eae

Square

  1. #aee60e
  2. #0ee6b2
  3. #460ee6
  4. #e60e42

Monochromatic

  1. #415605
  2. #779e0a
  3. #aee60e
  4. #c9f44c
  5. #dff994

Shades

#aee60e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aee60e
  2. #9dcf0d
  3. #8bb80b
  4. #7aa10a
  5. #688a08
  6. #577307
  7. #465c06
  8. #344504
  9. #232e03
  10. #111701
  11. #000000

Tints

#aee60e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aee60e
  2. #b6e926
  3. #beeb3e
  4. #c6ee56
  5. #cef06e
  6. #d7f387
  7. #dff59f
  8. #e7f8b7
  9. #effacf
  10. #f7fde7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aee60e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aee60e
  2. #a9dc19
  3. #a5d225
  4. #a0c730
  5. #9cbd3c
  6. #97b347
  7. #92a952
  8. #8e9f5e
  9. #899469
  10. #858a75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6dba9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3d600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd333 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6dac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbdc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6db29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3df9c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aee60e {
  color: #aee60e;
}
Background
.bg-aee60e {
  background-color: #aee60e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aee60e {
  border: 2px solid #aee60e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aee60e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 230 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 76 89% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aee60e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aee60e, #42e60e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aee60e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 230 14 / 0.35);
}

#a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 5.18 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 5.33 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 5.75 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 5.99 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.07 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.48 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 6.67 #5119f1 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Spring Bud
#aee60e  rgb(174, 230, 14)  hsl(76, 89%, 48%)  Spring Bud
#460ee6  rgb(70, 14, 230)  hsl(256, 89%, 48%)  Ultramarine
#0eaee6  rgb(14, 174, 230)  hsl(196, 89%, 48%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e60eae  rgb(230, 14, 174)  hsl(316, 89%, 48%)  Shocking Pink