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#AFD40E

#afd40e ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#afd40e 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, 83.14% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 93.4% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 71.21°, with 87.61% saturation and 44.31% 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 12.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 4.77.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.5623

Complementary

  1. #afd40e
  2. #330ed4

Split complementary

  1. #afd40e
  2. #0e4cd4
  3. #960ed4

Analogous

  1. #d4960e
  2. #afd40e
  3. #4cd40e

Triadic

  1. #afd40e
  2. #0eafd4
  3. #d40eaf

Tetradic

  1. #afd40e
  2. #0ed433
  3. #330ed4
  4. #d40eaf

Square

  1. #afd40e
  2. #0ed496
  3. #330ed4
  4. #d40e4c

Monochromatic

  1. #394405
  2. #748c09
  3. #afd40e
  4. #d0f23c
  5. #e1f784

Shades

#afd40e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afd40e
  2. #9ebf0d
  3. #8caa0b
  4. #7b940a
  5. #697f08
  6. #586a07
  7. #465506
  8. #354004
  9. #232a03
  10. #121501
  11. #000000

Tints

#afd40e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afd40e
  2. #b7d826
  3. #bfdd3e
  4. #c7e156
  5. #cfe56e
  6. #d7ea87
  7. #dfee9f
  8. #e7f2b7
  9. #eff6cf
  10. #f7fbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afd40e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afd40e
  2. #aacc19
  3. #a6c325
  4. #a1bb30
  5. #9cb23c
  6. #98aa47
  7. #93a252
  8. #8e995e
  9. #899169
  10. #858875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdcc9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2c600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc62e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9c8b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfcc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cccc25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5cd90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afd40e {
  color: #afd40e;
}
Background
.bg-afd40e {
  background-color: #afd40e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afd40e {
  border: 2px solid #afd40e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afd40e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 212 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 71 88% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afd40e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afd40e, #4cd40e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afd40e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 212 14 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 4.77 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 4.85 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.54 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 7.90 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.32 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 9.45 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 9.66 #502bf1 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#afd40e  rgb(175, 212, 14)  hsl(71, 88%, 44%)  Yellow Green
#330ed4  rgb(51, 14, 212)  hsl(251, 88%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#0eafd4  rgb(14, 175, 212)  hsl(191, 88%, 44%)  Moonstone Blue
#d40eaf  rgb(212, 14, 175)  hsl(311, 88%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red