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Recognised as Colour

#AECD00

  • #AECD00
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#AECD00 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 205, 0 and HSL 69°, 100%, 40%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#AECD00#AECD00
HEX#AECD00
RGBrgb(174, 205, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8039, 0
RGB percentages68.2%, 80.4%, 0%
HSLhsl(69.1, 100%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.1, 100%, 80.4%)
CMYK15.1%, 0%, 100%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,455,744
CSS custom property--colour: #AECD00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.53:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#5132FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBC000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7C028no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B9C1AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 12.8Green yellow · ΔE 25.9Yellow · ΔE 27.7Gold · ΔE 32.3Olivedrab · ΔE 36.2Olive · ΔE 37.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 12.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1F00CD
Analogous#CD8500, #48CD00
Triadic#00AECD, #CD00AE
Split complementary#0048CD, #8500CD
Tetradic#00CD85, #1F00CD, #CD0048

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0FF9A
Lighter +30%#E8FF67
Lighter +20%#E0FF34
Lighter +10%#D9FF01
Darker −10%#839A00
Darker −20%#576700
Darker −30%#2C3400
Darker −40%#010100
More saturated +25%#AECD00
Less saturated −25%#9CB31A

Channel breakdown

R174
G205
B0
Red174 (68.2%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue69.07°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G CD · B 00

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