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#A8E00A

#a8e00a ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#a8e00a is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 87.84% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 95.54% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 75.7°, with 91.45% saturation and 45.88% 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 13.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 5.35.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.6166

Complementary

  1. #a8e00a
  2. #420ae0

Split complementary

  1. #a8e00a
  2. #0a3de0
  3. #ad0ae0

Analogous

  1. #e0ad0a
  2. #a8e00a
  3. #3de00a

Triadic

  1. #a8e00a
  2. #0aa8e0
  3. #e00aa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8e00a
  2. #0ae042
  3. #420ae0
  4. #e00aa8

Square

  1. #a8e00a
  2. #0ae0ad
  3. #420ae0
  4. #e00a3d

Monochromatic

  1. #3a4e03
  2. #719707
  3. #a8e00a
  4. #c7f640
  5. #dcfa89

Shades

#a8e00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8e00a
  2. #97ca09
  3. #86b308
  4. #769d07
  5. #658606
  6. #547005
  7. #435a04
  8. #324303
  9. #222d02
  10. #111601
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8e00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8e00a
  2. #b1e323
  3. #b9e63b
  4. #c2e954
  5. #cbec6c
  6. #d4f085
  7. #dcf39d
  8. #e5f6b6
  9. #eef9ce
  10. #f6fce7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8e00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8e00a
  2. #a4d616
  3. #a0cd22
  4. #9cc32d
  5. #98ba39
  6. #94b045
  7. #90a651
  8. #8c9d5d
  9. #889368
  10. #848a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0d5a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #edd000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5cd31 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0d5bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5d700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0d526 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #add998 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8e00a {
  color: #a8e00a;
}
Background
.bg-a8e00a {
  background-color: #a8e00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8e00a {
  border: 2px solid #a8e00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8e00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 224 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 76 91% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8e00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8e00a, #3de00a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8e00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 224 10 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 5.35 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 5.60 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.69 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 6.26 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.85 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 6.85 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 7.38 #571ff5 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#a8e00a  rgb(168, 224, 10)  hsl(76, 91%, 46%)  Yellow Green
#420ae0  rgb(66, 10, 224)  hsl(256, 91%, 46%)  Blue
#0aa8e0  rgb(10, 168, 224)  hsl(196, 91%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#e00aa8  rgb(224, 10, 168)  hsl(316, 91%, 46%)  Shocking Pink