#AFDF56#AFDF56

#AFDF56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.172 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFDF56
RGB	rgb(175, 223, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -35.79, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 70.16, 120.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.1018 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.172 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7467, 62.5606, 18.4676)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFDF56 #8656DF

analogous

#DFCA56 #AFDF56 #6ADF56

triadic

#AFDF56 #56AFDF #DF56AF

tetradic

#AFDF56 #56DFCA #8656DF #DF566A

square

#AFDF56 #56DFCA #8656DF #DF566A

split-complementary

#AFDF56 #566ADF #CA56DF

monochromatic

#709D1E #95D027 #AFDF56 #C7E989 #E0F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#AFDF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#AFDF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFDF56

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFDF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFDF56	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afdf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 223, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.172 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae98b',
    500: '#afdf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afdf56;
$custom-light: #cae98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afdf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.022,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84302,
    "c": 0.17228,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFDF56

secondary

#5D39A0

accent

#15D057

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFDF56

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

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