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#AFCD09

#afcd09 ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#afcd09 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, 80.39% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.63% cyan, 0% magenta, 95.61% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 69.18°, with 91.59% saturation and 41.96% 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 11.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.528

Complementary

  1. #afcd09
  2. #2709cd

Split complementary

  1. #afcd09
  2. #094dcd
  3. #8909cd

Analogous

  1. #cd8909
  2. #afcd09
  3. #4dcd09

Triadic

  1. #afcd09
  2. #09afcd
  3. #cd09af

Tetradic

  1. #afcd09
  2. #09cd27
  3. #2709cd
  4. #cd09af

Square

  1. #afcd09
  2. #09cd89
  3. #2709cd
  4. #cd094d

Monochromatic

  1. #323a03
  2. #708406
  3. #afcd09
  4. #d7f62d
  5. #e5f976

Shades

#afcd09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afcd09
  2. #9eb908
  3. #8ca407
  4. #7b9006
  5. #697b05
  6. #586705
  7. #465204
  8. #353e03
  9. #232902
  10. #121501
  11. #000000

Tints

#afcd09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afcd09
  2. #b7d222
  3. #bfd73a
  4. #c7dc53
  5. #cfe16b
  6. #d7e684
  7. #dfeb9d
  8. #e7f0b5
  9. #eff5ce
  10. #f7fae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afcd09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afcd09
  2. #aac515
  3. #a6be21
  4. #a1b62d
  5. #9cae39
  6. #98a745
  7. #939f50
  8. #8e975c
  9. #898f68
  10. #858874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bac599 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c12b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bac1ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbc600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9c621 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6c68a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afcd09 {
  color: #afcd09;
}
Background
.bg-afcd09 {
  background-color: #afcd09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afcd09 {
  border: 2px solid #afcd09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afcd09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 205 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 69 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afcd09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afcd09, #4dcd09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afcd09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 205 9 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 5.17 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.54 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.11 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.24 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 9.46 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 11.07 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 11.33 #5032f6 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#afcd09  rgb(175, 205, 9)  hsl(69, 92%, 42%)  Yellow Green
#2709cd  rgb(39, 9, 205)  hsl(249, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#09afcd  rgb(9, 175, 205)  hsl(189, 92%, 42%)  Bondi Blue
#cd09af  rgb(205, 9, 175)  hsl(309, 92%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red