#AFE957

A light, vivid green closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #AFE957

When working with digital screens, the color #AFE957 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Yellowgreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 175, 233, and 87.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 25% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#AFE957
RGB175, 233, 87
HSL83.8°, 76.8%, 62.7%
CMYK25%, 0%, 63%, 9%
HSV83.8°, 62.7%, 91.4%
LAB86.0, -40.2, 63.0
XYZ48.5, 68.1, 19.6
Decimal11528535

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.44:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
14.62:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.37:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
12.43:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AFE957; }
.text-color { color: #AFE957; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #AFE957; }

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