#AFC52C

A medium, moderate yellow closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #AFC52C

When working with digital screens, the color #AFC52C is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Yellowgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 175 parts red, 197 parts green, and 44 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 11% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 68.6 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#AFC52C
RGB175, 197, 44
HSL68.6°, 63.5%, 47.3%
CMYK11%, 0%, 78%, 23%
HSV68.6°, 77.7%, 77.3%
LAB75.6, -26.1, 68.1
XYZ38.1, 49.2, 9.9
Decimal11519276

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.94:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.85:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.85:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.22:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AFC52C; }
.text-color { color: #AFC52C; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #AFC52C; }

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