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#AFE609

#afe609 ≈ Spring Bud

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#afe609 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, 90.2% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.91% cyan, 0% magenta, 96.09% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 74.93°, with 92.47% saturation and 46.86% 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 14.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Spring Bud (#a7fc00), ΔE 5.26.

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Web safe#99ff00
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Relative luminance0.6573

Complementary

  1. #afe609
  2. #4009e6

Split complementary

  1. #afe609
  2. #0941e6
  3. #ae09e6

Analogous

  1. #e6ae09
  2. #afe609
  3. #41e609

Triadic

  1. #afe609
  2. #09afe6
  3. #e609af

Tetradic

  1. #afe609
  2. #09e640
  3. #4009e6
  4. #e609af

Square

  1. #afe609
  2. #09e6ae
  3. #4009e6
  4. #e60941

Monochromatic

  1. #3f5303
  2. #779c06
  3. #afe609
  4. #cbf844
  5. #dffb8d

Shades

#afe609 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afe609
  2. #9ecf08
  3. #8cb807
  4. #7ba106
  5. #698a05
  6. #587305
  7. #465c04
  8. #354503
  9. #232e02
  10. #121701
  11. #000000

Tints

#afe609 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afe609
  2. #b7e922
  3. #bfeb3a
  4. #c7ee53
  5. #cff06b
  6. #d7f384
  7. #dff59d
  8. #e7f8b5
  9. #efface
  10. #f7fde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afe609 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afe609
  2. #aadc15
  3. #a6d221
  4. #a1c72d
  5. #9cbd39
  6. #98b345
  7. #93a950
  8. #8e9f5c
  9. #899468
  10. #858a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.15:1 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 #ecd332 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8dac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbdd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6db27 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4df9c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afe609 {
  color: #afe609;
}
Background
.bg-afe609 {
  background-color: #afe609;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afe609 {
  border: 2px solid #afe609;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afe609;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 230 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 75 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afe609 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afe609, #41e609);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afe609 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 230 9 / 0.35);
}

#a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 5.26 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 5.49 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 5.84 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 5.89 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.09 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.30 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 6.77 #5019f6 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Spring Bud
#afe609  rgb(175, 230, 9)  hsl(75, 92%, 47%)  Spring Bud
#4009e6  rgb(64, 9, 230)  hsl(255, 92%, 47%)  Blue
#09afe6  rgb(9, 175, 230)  hsl(195, 92%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e609af  rgb(230, 9, 175)  hsl(315, 92%, 47%)  Shocking Pink