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#AFFE2A

#affe2a ≈ Green Yellow

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#affe2a 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, 99.61% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 83.46% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 82.36°, with 99.07% 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 17.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Green Yellow (#adff2f), ΔE 0.52.

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Web safe#99ff33
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Relative luminance0.8016

Complementary

  1. #affe2a
  2. #792afe

Split complementary

  1. #affe2a
  2. #2a45fe
  3. #e32afe

Analogous

  1. #fee32a
  2. #affe2a
  3. #45fe2a

Triadic

  1. #affe2a
  2. #2aaffe
  3. #fe2aaf

Tetradic

  1. #affe2a
  2. #2afe79
  3. #792afe
  4. #fe2aaf

Square

  1. #affe2a
  2. #2afee3
  3. #792afe
  4. #fe2a45

Monochromatic

  1. #5a8e01
  2. #89da01
  3. #affe2a
  4. #ccfe76
  5. #e8ffc2

Shades

#affe2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affe2a
  2. #9ee526
  3. #8ccb22
  4. #7bb21d
  5. #699819
  6. #587f15
  7. #466611
  8. #354c0d
  9. #233308
  10. #121904
  11. #000000

Tints

#affe2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affe2a
  2. #b7fe3f
  3. #bffe55
  4. #c7fe6a
  5. #cffe7f
  6. #d7ff95
  7. #dfffaa
  8. #e7ffbf
  9. #efffd4
  10. #f7ffea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affe2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affe2a
  2. #aaf133
  3. #a6e53b
  4. #a1d844
  5. #9ccc4c
  6. #98bf55
  7. #93b25e
  8. #8ea666
  9. #89996f
  10. #858d77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3f1ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffeb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe645 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4f3d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebf300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4f03c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2f7ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affe2a {
  color: #affe2a;
}
Background
.bg-affe2a {
  background-color: #affe2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affe2a {
  border: 2px solid #affe2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affe2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 254 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 82 99% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affe2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affe2a, #45fe2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affe2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 254 42 / 0.35);
}

#adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 0.52 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 1.14 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 4.80 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 4.82 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 5.03 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 5.78 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 7.95 #5001d5 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Green Yellow
#affe2a  rgb(175, 254, 42)  hsl(82, 99%, 58%)  Green Yellow
#792afe  rgb(121, 42, 254)  hsl(262, 99%, 58%)  Electric Violet
#2aaffe  rgb(42, 175, 254)  hsl(202, 99%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fe2aaf  rgb(254, 42, 175)  hsl(322, 99%, 58%)  Persian Rose