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#AFCA09

#afca09 ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#afca09 is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 79.22% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 95.54% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 68.39°, with 91.47% 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 11.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 5.51.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.5137

Complementary

  1. #afca09
  2. #2409ca

Split complementary

  1. #afca09
  2. #094fca
  3. #8409ca

Analogous

  1. #ca8409
  2. #afca09
  3. #4fca09

Triadic

  1. #afca09
  2. #09afca
  3. #ca09af

Tetradic

  1. #afca09
  2. #09ca24
  3. #2409ca
  4. #ca09af

Square

  1. #afca09
  2. #09ca84
  3. #2409ca
  4. #ca094f

Monochromatic

  1. #303802
  2. #708106
  3. #afca09
  4. #d9f62a
  5. #e6f973

Shades

#afca09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afca09
  2. #9eb608
  3. #8ca207
  4. #7b8d06
  5. #697905
  6. #586505
  7. #465104
  8. #353d03
  9. #232802
  10. #121401
  11. #000000

Tints

#afca09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afca09
  2. #b7cf22
  3. #bfd53a
  4. #c7da53
  5. #cfdf6b
  6. #d7e584
  7. #dfea9d
  8. #e7efb5
  9. #eff4ce
  10. #f7fae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afca09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afca09
  2. #aac315
  3. #a6bb21
  4. #a1b42d
  5. #9cac39
  6. #98a545
  7. #939e50
  8. #8e965c
  9. #898f68
  10. #858774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8c397 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8be00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5be2a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #babeac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9c300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7c321 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6c388 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afca09 {
  color: #afca09;
}
Background
.bg-afca09 {
  background-color: #afca09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afca09 {
  border: 2px solid #afca09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afca09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 202 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 68 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afca09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afca09, #4fca09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afca09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 202 9 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 5.51 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.96 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.51 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.87 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 10.15 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 11.19 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 11.23 #5035f6 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#afca09  rgb(175, 202, 9)  hsl(68, 91%, 41%)  Yellow Green
#2409ca  rgb(36, 9, 202)  hsl(248, 91%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#09afca  rgb(9, 175, 202)  hsl(188, 91%, 41%)  Bondi Blue
#ca09af  rgb(202, 9, 175)  hsl(308, 91%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red