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#AFFE59

#affe59 ≈ Green Yellow

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#affe59 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 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 64.96% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 88.73°, with 98.8% saturation and 67.25% 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 17.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Green Yellow (#adff2f), ΔE 3.09.

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Web safe#99ff66
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Relative luminance0.8072

Complementary

  1. #affe59
  2. #a859fe

Split complementary

  1. #affe59
  2. #595cfe
  3. #fb59fe

Analogous

  1. #fefb59
  2. #affe59
  3. #5cfe59

Triadic

  1. #affe59
  2. #59affe
  3. #fe59af

Tetradic

  1. #affe59
  2. #59fea8
  3. #a859fe
  4. #fe59af

Square

  1. #affe59
  2. #59fefb
  3. #a859fe
  4. #fe595c

Monochromatic

  1. #63bd01
  2. #8afe0d
  3. #affe59
  4. #d4fea5
  5. #f5ffeb

Shades

#affe59 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affe59
  2. #9ee550
  3. #8ccb47
  4. #7bb23e
  5. #699835
  6. #587f2d
  7. #466624
  8. #354c1b
  9. #233312
  10. #121909
  11. #000000

Tints

#affe59 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affe59
  2. #b7fe6a
  3. #bffe7a
  4. #c7fe8b
  5. #cffe9b
  6. #d7ffac
  7. #dfffbd
  8. #e7ffcd
  9. #efffde
  10. #f7ffee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affe59 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affe59
  2. #aaf15d
  3. #a6e561
  4. #a1d865
  5. #9ccc69
  6. #98bf6d
  7. #93b270
  8. #8ea674
  9. #899978
  10. #858d7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4f1c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffec43 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee667 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2f4dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eaf34d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2f061 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1f8b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affe59 {
  color: #affe59;
}
Background
.bg-affe59 {
  background-color: #affe59;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affe59 {
  border: 2px solid #affe59;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affe59;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 254 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 89 99% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affe59 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affe59, #5cfe59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affe59 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 254 89 / 0.35);
}

#adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 3.09 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 4.18 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 4.26 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 5.17 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 5.29 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 7.46 #3fff00 Harlequin ΔE 8.17 #5001a6 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Green Yellow
#affe59  rgb(175, 254, 89)  hsl(89, 99%, 67%)  Green Yellow
#a859fe  rgb(168, 89, 254)  hsl(269, 99%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#59affe  rgb(89, 175, 254)  hsl(209, 99%, 67%)  Iceberg
#fe59af  rgb(254, 89, 175)  hsl(329, 99%, 67%)  Brilliant Rose