#AFDD57#AFDD57

#AFDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.169 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFDD57
RGB	rgb(175, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -34.80, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 68.77, 120.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.099 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.169 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2560, 61.5144, 18.5042)
Luminance	0.6151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFDD57 #8557DD

analogous

#DDC857 #AFDD57 #6CDD57

triadic

#AFDD57 #57AFDD #DD57AF

tetradic

#AFDD57 #57DDC8 #8557DD #DD576C

square

#AFDD57 #57DDC8 #8557DD #DD576C

split-complementary

#AFDD57 #576CDD #C857DD

monochromatic

#709A1F #95CD2A #AFDD57 #C7E78A #DFF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#AFDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#AFDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFDD57

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFDD57	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)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.169 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae78b',
    500: '#afdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afdd57;
$custom-light: #cae78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.597,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83855,
    "c": 0.16894,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFDD57

secondary

#5C3A9E

accent

#17CE56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFDD57

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

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