#AFDD55#AFDD55

#AFDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.171 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFDD55
RGB	rgb(175, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(80, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, -34.96, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 69.56, 120.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0996 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.171 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1755, 61.4822, 18.0798)
Luminance	0.6148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFDD55 #8355DD

analogous

#DDC755 #AFDD55 #6BDD55

triadic

#AFDD55 #55AFDD #DD55AF

tetradic

#AFDD55 #55DDC7 #8355DD #DD556B

square

#AFDD55 #55DDC7 #8355DD #DD556B

split-complementary

#AFDD55 #556BDD #C755DD

monochromatic

#70991F #95CC29 #AFDD55 #C7E788 #DFF1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#AFDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#AFDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFDD55

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFDD55	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afdd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.171 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae78a',
    500: '#afdd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afdd55;
$custom-light: #cae78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afdd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.294,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83836,
    "c": 0.17053,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFDD55

secondary

#5B399D

accent

#3EEA78

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFDD55

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

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