Irradiated Green Color

#aaff55

Irradiated Green is vibrant, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #50a
Complementary Color #a955fe
Color Shade: cool yellow (90° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with black)
Irradiated Green Color Sample
Irradiated Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aaff55

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Irradiated Green Color. The Lima color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Spring Frost (#87ff2a) for more calm effect. Try Loud Lime as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a955fe is the best complementary color to Irradiated Green. Warm blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #af5 complementary color is Heliotrope, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #fefe55 and #55fe55. Thus found on the left and right of #af5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gorse and Screamin' Green colors as they work well with Irradiated Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Irradiated Green palette consists of #fe55fe and #5555fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a955fe). Try Pink Flamingo and Dodger Blue colors in combination with #af5, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #af5 offers a combination of warm magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Irradiated Green. Thus Hot Pink and Malibu giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Irradiated Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Heliotrope, Aquamarine, and Persimmon split by 90° on the color wheel. #af5 square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, warm blue and mid red shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Irradiated Green tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#a955fe) and two others. The Malibu is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Texas Rose – 120° from the complementary Heliotrope. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #55a9fe and #feaa55.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aaff55 is made of 33% red, 50% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Irradiated Green has a hue angle of 90°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aaff55 is made of 33.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #aaff55
RGB Decimal rgb(170,255,85)
RGB Percentage 33%, 50%, 17%
CMYK 33.33, 0, 66.67, 0
HSL hsl(90,100%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(90,66.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.0078,-51.4933,70.0642)
XYZ xyz(53.9773,80.7219,21.3303)
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