#AFCD59#AFCD59

#AFCD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.147 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFCD59
RGB	rgb(175, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(76, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -27.14, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 59.92, 116.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0775 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.147 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3140, 53.4978, 17.5989)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFCD59 #7759CD

analogous

#CDB159 #AFCD59 #75CD59

triadic

#AFCD59 #59AFCD #CD59AF

tetradic

#AFCD59 #59CDB1 #7759CD #CD5975

square

#AFCD59 #59CDB1 #7759CD #CD5975

split-complementary

#AFCD59 #5975CD #B159CD

monochromatic

#6C8428 #93B336 #AFCD59 #C6DB88 #DCE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AFCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#AFCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFCD59

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFCD59	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.147 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dc8c',
    500: '#afcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afcd59;
$custom-light: #c9dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.517,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80243,
    "c": 0.14669,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFCD59

secondary

#533F8B

accent

#4BDD71

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFCD59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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