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#AFFC2C

#affc2c ≈ Green Yellow

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#affc2c 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, 98.82% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.56% cyan, 0% magenta, 82.54% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 82.21°, with 97.2% saturation and 58.04% 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 Green Yellow (#adff2f), ΔE 0.78.

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Web safe#99ff33
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Relative luminance0.7892

Complementary

  1. #affc2c
  2. #792cfc

Split complementary

  1. #affc2c
  2. #2c47fc
  3. #e12cfc

Analogous

  1. #fce12c
  2. #affc2c
  3. #47fc2c

Triadic

  1. #affc2c
  2. #2caffc
  3. #fc2caf

Tetradic

  1. #affc2c
  2. #2cfc79
  3. #792cfc
  4. #fc2caf

Square

  1. #affc2c
  2. #2cfce1
  3. #792cfc
  4. #fc2c47

Monochromatic

  1. #5a8d02
  2. #89d803
  3. #affc2c
  4. #ccfd77
  5. #e8fec3

Shades

#affc2c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affc2c
  2. #9ee328
  3. #8cca23
  4. #7bb01f
  5. #69971a
  6. #587e16
  7. #466512
  8. #354c0d
  9. #233209
  10. #121904
  11. #000000

Tints

#affc2c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affc2c
  2. #b7fc41
  3. #bffd56
  4. #c7fd6b
  5. #cffd80
  6. #d7fe96
  7. #dffeab
  8. #e7fec0
  9. #effed5
  10. #f7ffea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affc2c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affc2c
  2. #aaf034
  3. #a6e33d
  4. #a1d745
  5. #9cca4e
  6. #98be56
  7. #93b25e
  8. #8ea567
  9. #89996f
  10. #858c78
  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 #d2efb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee446 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4f1d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eaf100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3ee3d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2f5ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affc2c {
  color: #affc2c;
}
Background
.bg-affc2c {
  background-color: #affc2c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affc2c {
  border: 2px solid #affc2c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affc2c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 252 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 82 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affc2c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affc2c, #47fc2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affc2c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 252 44 / 0.35);
}

#adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 0.78 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 1.21 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 4.83 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 4.91 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 5.09 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 5.42 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 7.93 #5003d3 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Green Yellow
#affc2c  rgb(175, 252, 44)  hsl(82, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow
#792cfc  rgb(121, 44, 252)  hsl(262, 97%, 58%)  Electric Violet
#2caffc  rgb(44, 175, 252)  hsl(202, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc2caf  rgb(252, 44, 175)  hsl(322, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose