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#AFFE46

#affe46 ≈ Green Yellow

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#affe46 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, 99.61% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 72.44% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 85.76°, with 98.92% saturation and 63.53% 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 17.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Green Yellow (#adff2f), ΔE 1.45.

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Web safe#99ff33
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Relative luminance0.8044

Complementary

  1. #affe46
  2. #9546fe

Split complementary

  1. #affe46
  2. #4653fe
  3. #f146fe

Analogous

  1. #fef146
  2. #affe46
  3. #53fe46

Triadic

  1. #affe46
  2. #46affe
  3. #fe46af

Tetradic

  1. #affe46
  2. #46fe95
  3. #9546fe
  4. #fe46af

Square

  1. #affe46
  2. #46fef1
  3. #9546fe
  4. #fe4653

Monochromatic

  1. #61aa01
  2. #8df601
  3. #affe46
  4. #d0fe92
  5. #f1ffde

Shades

#affe46 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affe46
  2. #9ee53f
  3. #8ccb38
  4. #7bb231
  5. #69982a
  6. #587f23
  7. #46661c
  8. #354c15
  9. #23330e
  10. #121907
  11. #000000

Tints

#affe46 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affe46
  2. #b7fe59
  3. #bffe6b
  4. #c7fe7e
  5. #cffe90
  6. #d7ffa3
  7. #dfffb5
  8. #e7ffc8
  9. #efffda
  10. #f7ffed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affe46 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affe46
  2. #aaf14c
  3. #a6e552
  4. #a1d857
  5. #9ccc5d
  6. #98bf63
  7. #93b269
  8. #8ea66f
  9. #899974
  10. #858d7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3f1bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffeb21 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe658 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3f3db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebf333 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3f051 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1f8b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affe46 {
  color: #affe46;
}
Background
.bg-affe46 {
  background-color: #affe46;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affe46 {
  border: 2px solid #affe46;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affe46;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 254 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 86 99% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affe46 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affe46, #53fe46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affe46 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 254 70 / 0.35);
}

#adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 1.45 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 2.65 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 4.67 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 4.73 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 4.85 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 6.10 #3fff00 Harlequin ΔE 8.21 #5001b9 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Green Yellow
#affe46  rgb(175, 254, 70)  hsl(86, 99%, 64%)  Green Yellow
#9546fe  rgb(149, 70, 254)  hsl(266, 99%, 64%)  Vivid Violet
#46affe  rgb(70, 175, 254)  hsl(206, 99%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#fe46af  rgb(254, 70, 175)  hsl(326, 99%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry