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#AABE51

#aabe51 ≈ Yellow Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aabe51 is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 74.51% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 57.37% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 71.01°, with 45.61% saturation and 53.14% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yellow Green (#9acd32), ΔE 6.55.

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Web safe#99cc66
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Relative luminance0.4597

Complementary

  1. #aabe51
  2. #6551be

Split complementary

  1. #aabe51
  2. #5174be
  3. #9c51be

Analogous

  1. #be9c51
  2. #aabe51
  3. #74be51

Triadic

  1. #aabe51
  2. #51aabe
  3. #be51aa

Tetradic

  1. #aabe51
  2. #51be65
  3. #6551be
  4. #be51aa

Square

  1. #aabe51
  2. #51be9c
  3. #6551be
  4. #be5174

Monochromatic

  1. #4c5620
  2. #7d8e35
  3. #aabe51
  4. #c5d389
  5. #e0e8c0

Shades

#aabe51 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aabe51
  2. #99ab49
  3. #889841
  4. #778539
  5. #667231
  6. #555f29
  7. #444c20
  8. #333918
  9. #222610
  10. #111308
  11. #000000

Tints

#aabe51 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aabe51
  2. #b3c562
  3. #bbcb74
  4. #c4d285
  5. #ccd897
  6. #d5dfa8
  7. #dde5b9
  8. #e6eccb
  9. #eef2dc
  10. #f7f9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aabe51 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aabe51
  2. #a6b856
  3. #a2b25a
  4. #9dab5f
  5. #99a564
  6. #959f69
  7. #91996d
  8. #8d9372
  9. #888c77
  10. #84867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b897 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b445 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b558 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3b5a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beb84a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcb955 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afb88c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aabe51 {
  color: #aabe51;
}
Background
.bg-aabe51 {
  background-color: #aabe51;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aabe51 {
  border: 2px solid #aabe51;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aabe51;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 190 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 71 46% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aabe51 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aabe51, #74be51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aabe51 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 190 81 / 0.35);
}

#9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 6.55 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.56 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.03 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.58 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 7.80 #93c572 Pistachio ΔE 8.58 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.09 #5541ae Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Yellow Green
#aabe51  rgb(170, 190, 81)  hsl(71, 46%, 53%)  Yellow Green
#6551be  rgb(101, 81, 190)  hsl(251, 46%, 53%)  Iris
#51aabe  rgb(81, 170, 190)  hsl(191, 46%, 53%)  Moonstone Blue
#be51aa  rgb(190, 81, 170)  hsl(311, 46%, 53%)  Mulberry