#AFD979#AFD979

#AFD979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.132 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFD979
RGB	rgb(175, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(86, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(86, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 44.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -29.60, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 51.98, 124.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0818 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.132 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9428, 60.1195, 27.2692)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFD979 #A379D9

analogous

#D9D379 #AFD979 #7FD979

triadic

#AFD979 #79AFD9 #D979AF

tetradic

#AFD979 #79D9D3 #A379D9 #D9797F

square

#AFD979 #79D9D3 #A379D9 #D9797F

split-complementary

#AFD979 #797FD9 #D379D9

monochromatic

#73A830 #93CB49 #AFD979 #CBE7A9 #E8F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#AFD979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#AFD979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFD979

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFD979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFD979	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afd979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.132 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e5a1',
    500: '#afd979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afd979;
$custom-light: #c8e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afd979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.25,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8337,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFD979

secondary

#754BAB

accent

#22C369

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF5

border

#D3D5CF

text

#13150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFD979

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

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