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#AFF40D

#aff40d ≈ Spring Bud

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#aff40d 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, 95.69% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 94.67% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 77.92°, with 91.3% saturation and 50.39% 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 15.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Spring Bud (#a7fc00), ΔE 2.19.

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Web safe#99ff00
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Relative luminance0.7384

Complementary

  1. #aff40d
  2. #520df4

Split complementary

  1. #aff40d
  2. #0d3cf4
  3. #c50df4

Analogous

  1. #f4c50d
  2. #aff40d
  3. #3cf40d

Triadic

  1. #aff40d
  2. #0daff4
  3. #f40daf

Tetradic

  1. #aff40d
  2. #0df452
  3. #520df4
  4. #f40daf

Square

  1. #aff40d
  2. #0df4c5
  3. #520df4
  4. #f40d3c

Monochromatic

  1. #476305
  2. #7bad08
  3. #aff40d
  4. #c7f756
  5. #dffb9f

Shades

#aff40d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aff40d
  2. #9edc0c
  3. #8cc30a
  4. #7bab09
  5. #699208
  6. #587a07
  7. #466205
  8. #354904
  9. #233103
  10. #121801
  11. #000000

Tints

#aff40d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aff40d
  2. #b7f525
  3. #bff63d
  4. #c7f756
  5. #cff86e
  6. #d7fa86
  7. #dffb9e
  8. #e7fcb6
  9. #effdcf
  10. #f7fee7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aff40d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aff40d
  2. #aae819
  3. #a6dd24
  4. #a1d130
  5. #9cc63b
  6. #98ba47
  7. #93ae52
  8. #8ea35e
  9. #899769
  10. #858c75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cee8b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f8de37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6e8d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5e900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dee72b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3eda6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aff40d {
  color: #aff40d;
}
Background
.bg-aff40d {
  background-color: #aff40d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aff40d {
  border: 2px solid #aff40d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aff40d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 244 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 78 91% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aff40d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aff40d, #3cf40d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aff40d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 244 13 / 0.35);
}

#a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 2.19 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 2.82 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 4.30 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 5.48 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 6.14 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 6.16 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 7.20 #500bf2 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Spring Bud
#aff40d  rgb(175, 244, 13)  hsl(78, 91%, 50%)  Spring Bud
#520df4  rgb(82, 13, 244)  hsl(258, 91%, 50%)  Han Purple
#0daff4  rgb(13, 175, 244)  hsl(198, 91%, 50%)  Deep Sky Blue
#f40daf  rgb(244, 13, 175)  hsl(318, 91%, 50%)  Shocking Pink