#AFD538#AFD538

#AFD538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.180 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFD538
RGB	rgb(175, 213, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -33.13, 68.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 76.15, 115.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0971 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.18 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1878, 56.9878, 12.5178)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFD538 #5E38D5

analogous

#D5AC38 #AFD538 #61D538

triadic

#AFD538 #38AFD5 #D538AF

tetradic

#AFD538 #38D5AC #5E38D5 #D53861

square

#AFD538 #38D5AC #5E38D5 #D53861

split-complementary

#AFD538 #3861D5 #AC38D5

monochromatic

#62791A #8BAC24 #AFD538 #C3E06B #D8EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#AFD538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#AFD538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFD538

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFD538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFD538	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8CAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afd538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 213, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.180 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbe27a',
    500: '#afd538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afd538;
$custom-light: #cbe27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afd538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.522,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81779,
    "c": 0.18038,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFD538

secondary

#443081

accent

#40E868

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFD538

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

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