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#AFFB5E

#affb5e ≈ Inchworm

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#affb5e is a color from the yellow-green family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 98.43% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 62.55% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 89.04°, with 95.15% saturation and 67.65% 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 16.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Inchworm (#b2ec5d), ΔE 3.49.

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Web safe#99ff66
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Relative luminance0.7892

Complementary

  1. #affb5e
  2. #aa5efb

Split complementary

  1. #affb5e
  2. #5e61fb
  3. #f85efb

Analogous

  1. #fbf85e
  2. #affb5e
  3. #61fb5e

Triadic

  1. #affb5e
  2. #5eaffb
  3. #fb5eaf

Tetradic

  1. #affb5e
  2. #5efbaa
  3. #aa5efb
  4. #fb5eaf

Square

  1. #affb5e
  2. #5efbf8
  3. #aa5efb
  4. #fb5e61

Monochromatic

  1. #63bb05
  2. #8af913
  3. #affb5e
  4. #d4fda9
  5. #f5ffeb

Shades

#affb5e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affb5e
  2. #9ee255
  3. #8cc94b
  4. #7bb042
  5. #699738
  6. #587e2f
  7. #466426
  8. #354b1c
  9. #233213
  10. #121909
  11. #000000

Tints

#affb5e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affb5e
  2. #b7fb6e
  3. #bffc7e
  4. #c7fc8e
  5. #cffd9e
  6. #d7fdaf
  7. #dffdbf
  8. #e7fecf
  9. #effedf
  10. #f7ffef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affb5e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affb5e
  2. #aaef61
  3. #a6e265
  4. #a1d668
  5. #9cca6c
  6. #98be6f
  7. #93b172
  8. #8ea576
  9. #899979
  10. #858c7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2efbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe94b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe46a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2f1da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8f153 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0ed66 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1f5b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affb5e {
  color: #affb5e;
}
Background
.bg-affb5e {
  background-color: #affb5e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affb5e {
  border: 2px solid #affb5e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affb5e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 251 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 89 95% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affb5e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affb5e, #61fb5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affb5e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 251 94 / 0.35);
}

#b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 3.49 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 3.77 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 4.84 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 5.66 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 5.69 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 7.90 #3fff00 Harlequin ΔE 8.44 #5004a1 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Inchworm
#affb5e  rgb(175, 251, 94)  hsl(89, 95%, 68%)  Inchworm
#aa5efb  rgb(170, 94, 251)  hsl(269, 95%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#5eaffb  rgb(94, 175, 251)  hsl(209, 95%, 68%)  Iceberg
#fb5eaf  rgb(251, 94, 175)  hsl(329, 95%, 68%)  Hot Pink