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#AEC00E

#aec00e ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aec00e is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 75.29% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 92.71% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 66.07°, with 86.41% saturation and 40.39% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 6.12.

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Web safe#99cc00
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Relative luminance0.4673

Complementary

  1. #aec00e
  2. #200ec0

Split complementary

  1. #aec00e
  2. #0e55c0
  3. #790ec0

Analogous

  1. #c0790e
  2. #aec00e
  3. #55c00e

Triadic

  1. #aec00e
  2. #0eaec0
  3. #c00eae

Tetradic

  1. #aec00e
  2. #0ec020
  3. #200ec0
  4. #c00eae

Square

  1. #aec00e
  2. #0ec079
  3. #200ec0
  4. #c00e55

Monochromatic

  1. #2d3104
  2. #6d7909
  3. #aec00e
  4. #dcf02b
  5. #e8f572

Shades

#aec00e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aec00e
  2. #9dad0d
  3. #8b9a0b
  4. #7a860a
  5. #687308
  6. #576007
  7. #464d06
  8. #343a04
  9. #232603
  10. #111301
  11. #000000

Tints

#aec00e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aec00e
  2. #b6c626
  3. #becd3e
  4. #c6d356
  5. #ced96e
  6. #d7e087
  7. #dfe69f
  8. #e7ecb7
  9. #eff2cf
  10. #f7f9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aec00e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aec00e
  2. #a9ba19
  3. #a5b325
  4. #a0ad30
  5. #9ca63c
  6. #97a047
  7. #929a52
  8. #8e935e
  9. #898d69
  10. #858675
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ba91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb729 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bab4a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2ba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1bb21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5b982 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aec00e {
  color: #aec00e;
}
Background
.bg-aec00e {
  background-color: #aec00e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aec00e {
  border: 2px solid #aec00e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aec00e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 192 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 66 86% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aec00e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aec00e, #55c00e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aec00e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 192 14 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.12 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 7.11 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.77 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.40 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 10.73 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.77 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 10.81 #513ff1 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#aec00e  rgb(174, 192, 14)  hsl(66, 86%, 40%)  Apple Green
#200ec0  rgb(32, 14, 192)  hsl(246, 86%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#0eaec0  rgb(14, 174, 192)  hsl(186, 86%, 40%)  Cadet Blue
#c00eae  rgb(192, 14, 174)  hsl(306, 86%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red