#AFDD56#AFDD56

#AFDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.170 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFDD56
RGB	rgb(175, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(80, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -34.88, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 69.16, 120.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0993 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.17 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2155, 61.4982, 18.2905)
Luminance	0.6150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFDD56 #8456DD

analogous

#DDC756 #AFDD56 #6CDD56

triadic

#AFDD56 #56AFDD #DD56AF

tetradic

#AFDD56 #56DDC7 #8456DD #DD566C

square

#AFDD56 #56DDC7 #8456DD #DD566C

split-complementary

#AFDD56 #566CDD #C756DD

monochromatic

#709A1F #95CD29 #AFDD56 #C7E789 #DFF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#AFDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#AFDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFDD56

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFDD56	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)

#E8CF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afdd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.170 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae78b',
    500: '#afdd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afdd56;
$custom-light: #cae78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afdd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83845,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFDD56

secondary

#5C3A9E

accent

#17CE56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFDD56

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

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