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#AFE75A Color

#AFE75A is rgb(175, 231, 90) in RGB, hsl(84, 75%, 63%) in HSL, and about cmyk(24%, 0%, 61%, 9%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Inchworm (#B2EC5D), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.89. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AFE75A
HEX#AFE75A
RGBrgb(175, 231, 90)
HSLhsl(84, 75%, 63%)
HSVhsv(84, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 0%, 61%, 9%)
OKLCHoklch(86.2% 0.179 128.1)
LABlab(85.73% -34.31 60.47)
LCHlch(85.73% 69.52 119.57)

What #AFE75A Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AFE75A, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#AFE75A Channel Values

How #AFE75A breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 175 · G 231 · B 908-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 84° · S 75% · L 63%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 84° · S 61% · V 91%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 24% · M 0% · Y 61% · K 9%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.46:1 vs white · 14.4:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AFE75A background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.46:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text14.4:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #AFE75A

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AFE75A; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #AFE75A

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AFE75A.

How #AFE75A Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AFE75A
Protanopia#DFDF5B
Protanomaly#CDE25A
Deuteranopia#D7D75E
Deuteranomaly#C8DD5D
Tritanopia#BEDBDB
Tritanomaly#B8E0B6
Achromatopsia#D6D6D6

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AFE75A in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-afe75a: #AFE75A;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AFE75A;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-afe75a': '#AFE75A' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.686, green: 0.906, blue: 0.353)
Android XML<color name="color_afe75a">#AFE75A</color>
SVG fillfill="#AFE75A"

More Green Colors

#AFE75A sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AFE75A Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AFE75A?

#AFE75A is a light green — rgb(175, 231, 90) in RGB and hsl(84, 75%, 63%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Inchworm (#B2EC5D), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.89.

What is the RGB value of #AFE75A?

#AFE75A is rgb(175, 231, 90) — red 175, green 231, and blue 90 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AFE75A?

#AFE75A converts to approximately cmyk(24%, 0%, 61%, 9%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AFE75A be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AFE75A scores 1.46:1 against white and 14.4:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AFE75A as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AFE75A is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is yellowgreen (#9ACD32) at a CIE76 distance of 10.41, which is visibly different.

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