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#AFFE5D

#affe5d ≈ Green Yellow

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#affe5d 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 36.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 63.39% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 89.44°, with 98.77% saturation and 68.04% 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 17.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Green Yellow (#adff2f), ΔE 3.49.

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Web safe#99ff66
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Relative luminance0.8079

Complementary

  1. #affe5d
  2. #ac5dfe

Split complementary

  1. #affe5d
  2. #5d5ffe
  3. #fc5dfe

Analogous

  1. #fefc5d
  2. #affe5d
  3. #5ffe5d

Triadic

  1. #affe5d
  2. #5daffe
  3. #fe5daf

Tetradic

  1. #affe5d
  2. #5dfeac
  3. #ac5dfe
  4. #fe5daf

Square

  1. #affe5d
  2. #5dfefc
  3. #ac5dfe
  4. #fe5d5f

Monochromatic

  1. #63c101
  2. #89fe11
  3. #affe5d
  4. #d5fea9
  5. #f5ffeb

Shades

#affe5d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affe5d
  2. #9ee554
  3. #8ccb4a
  4. #7bb241
  5. #699838
  6. #587f2f
  7. #466625
  8. #354c1c
  9. #233313
  10. #121909
  11. #000000

Tints

#affe5d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affe5d
  2. #b7fe6d
  3. #bffe7d
  4. #c7fe8e
  5. #cffe9e
  6. #d7ffae
  7. #dfffbe
  8. #e7ffce
  9. #efffdf
  10. #f7ffef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affe5d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affe5d
  2. #aaf161
  3. #a6e564
  4. #a1d868
  5. #9ccc6b
  6. #98bf6f
  7. #93b272
  8. #8ea676
  9. #899979
  10. #858d7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4f1c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffec49 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde66a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2f4dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eaf351 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2f065 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1f8b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affe5d {
  color: #affe5d;
}
Background
.bg-affe5d {
  background-color: #affe5d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affe5d {
  border: 2px solid #affe5d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affe5d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 254 93;
  --color-primary-hsl: 89 99% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affe5d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affe5d, #5ffe5d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affe5d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 254 93 / 0.35);
}

#adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 3.49 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 4.13 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 4.64 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 5.36 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 5.46 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 7.79 #3fff00 Harlequin ΔE 8.22 #5001a2 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Green Yellow
#affe5d  rgb(175, 254, 93)  hsl(89, 99%, 68%)  Green Yellow
#ac5dfe  rgb(172, 93, 254)  hsl(269, 99%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#5daffe  rgb(93, 175, 254)  hsl(209, 99%, 68%)  Iceberg
#fe5daf  rgb(254, 93, 175)  hsl(329, 99%, 68%)  Hot Pink