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#AFFE40

#affe40 ≈ Green Yellow

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#affe40 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 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 74.8% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 84.95°, with 98.96% saturation and 62.35% 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 17.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Green Yellow (#adff2f), ΔE 1.01.

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Web safe#99ff33
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Relative luminance0.8037

Complementary

  1. #affe40
  2. #8f40fe

Split complementary

  1. #affe40
  2. #4050fe
  3. #ee40fe

Analogous

  1. #feee40
  2. #affe40
  3. #50fe40

Triadic

  1. #affe40
  2. #40affe
  3. #fe40af

Tetradic

  1. #affe40
  2. #40fe8f
  3. #8f40fe
  4. #fe40af

Square

  1. #affe40
  2. #40feee
  3. #8f40fe
  4. #fe4050

Monochromatic

  1. #60a401
  2. #8df001
  3. #affe40
  4. #cffe8c
  5. #efffd8

Shades

#affe40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affe40
  2. #9ee53a
  3. #8ccb33
  4. #7bb22d
  5. #699826
  6. #587f20
  7. #46661a
  8. #354c13
  9. #23330d
  10. #121906
  11. #000000

Tints

#affe40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affe40
  2. #b7fe53
  3. #bffe66
  4. #c7fe79
  5. #cffe8c
  6. #d7ffa0
  7. #dfffb3
  8. #e7ffc6
  9. #efffd9
  10. #f7ffec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affe40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affe40
  2. #aaf146
  3. #a6e54d
  4. #a1d853
  5. #9ccc5a
  6. #98bf60
  7. #93b266
  8. #8ea66d
  9. #899973
  10. #858d7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3f1bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffeb0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe653 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3f3da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebf32a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3f04c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2f7b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affe40 {
  color: #affe40;
}
Background
.bg-affe40 {
  background-color: #affe40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affe40 {
  border: 2px solid #affe40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affe40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 254 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 85 99% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affe40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affe40, #50fe40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affe40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 254 64 / 0.35);
}

#adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 1.01 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 2.23 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 4.63 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 4.83 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 4.96 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 5.76 #3fff00 Harlequin ΔE 8.29 #5001bf Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Green Yellow
#affe40  rgb(175, 254, 64)  hsl(85, 99%, 62%)  Green Yellow
#8f40fe  rgb(143, 64, 254)  hsl(265, 99%, 62%)  Vivid Violet
#40affe  rgb(64, 175, 254)  hsl(205, 99%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fe40af  rgb(254, 64, 175)  hsl(325, 99%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry