#AFBD00

A dark, vivid yellow closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #AFBD00

When working with digital screens, the color #AFBD00 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Yellowgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 175 parts red, 189 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 7% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#AFBD00
RGB175, 189, 0
HSL64.4°, 100.0%, 37.1%
CMYK7%, 0%, 100%, 26%
HSV64.4°, 100.0%, 74.1%
LAB73.2, -23.2, 74.1
XYZ35.9, 45.5, 6.9
Decimal11517184

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.08:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.10:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.99:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
8.59:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AFBD00; }
.text-color { color: #AFBD00; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #AFBD00; }

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