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#AFFE49

#affe49 ≈ Green Yellow

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#affe49 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 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 71.26% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 86.19°, with 98.91% saturation and 64.12% 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 17.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Green Yellow (#adff2f), ΔE 1.68.

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Web safe#99ff33
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Relative luminance0.8048

Complementary

  1. #affe49
  2. #9849fe

Split complementary

  1. #affe49
  2. #4955fe
  3. #f349fe

Analogous

  1. #fef349
  2. #affe49
  3. #55fe49

Triadic

  1. #affe49
  2. #49affe
  3. #fe49af

Tetradic

  1. #affe49
  2. #49fe98
  3. #9849fe
  4. #fe49af

Square

  1. #affe49
  2. #49fef3
  3. #9849fe
  4. #fe4955

Monochromatic

  1. #62ad01
  2. #8df901
  3. #affe49
  4. #d0fe95
  5. #f2ffe1

Shades

#affe49 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affe49
  2. #9ee542
  3. #8ccb3a
  4. #7bb233
  5. #69982c
  6. #587f25
  7. #46661d
  8. #354c16
  9. #23330f
  10. #121907
  11. #000000

Tints

#affe49 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affe49
  2. #b7fe5b
  3. #bffe6d
  4. #c7fe80
  5. #cffe92
  6. #d7ffa4
  7. #dfffb6
  8. #e7ffc8
  9. #efffdb
  10. #f7ffed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affe49 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affe49
  2. #aaf14f
  3. #a6e554
  4. #a1d85a
  5. #9ccc5f
  6. #98bf65
  7. #93b26a
  8. #8ea670
  9. #899975
  10. #858d7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3f1bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffec27 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee65a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3f3db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebf338 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3f054 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1f8b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affe49 {
  color: #affe49;
}
Background
.bg-affe49 {
  background-color: #affe49;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affe49 {
  border: 2px solid #affe49;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affe49;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 254 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 86 99% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affe49 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affe49, #55fe49);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affe49 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 254 73 / 0.35);
}

#adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 1.68 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 2.87 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 4.62 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 4.71 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 4.88 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 6.29 #3fff00 Harlequin ΔE 8.19 #5001b6 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Green Yellow
#affe49  rgb(175, 254, 73)  hsl(86, 99%, 64%)  Green Yellow
#9849fe  rgb(152, 73, 254)  hsl(266, 99%, 64%)  Vivid Violet
#49affe  rgb(73, 175, 254)  hsl(206, 99%, 64%)  Maya Blue
#fe49af  rgb(254, 73, 175)  hsl(326, 99%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry