Close to Acid Green
#AFB00A
#AFB00A is a dark, vivid yellow, close to the color Acid Green. In RGB it’s made of 68.6% red, 69% green, and 3.9% blue. Its hue is 60°, with 89% saturation and 36% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
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Tints, shades & tones
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Color harmonies
Combinations from the color wheel, built around #AFB00A.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
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Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
Open in the palette creator →Contrast & readability
WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
White text on this color
2.32:1 FailBlack text on this color
9.04:1 AAAThis color as text on white
2.32:1 FailThis color as text on black
9.04:1 AAAHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #AFB00A as they’d see it.
#AFB00A in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
On a dark background
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Questions about #AFB00A
What color is #AFB00A?
#AFB00A is a dark, vivid yellow, close to the color Acid Green. In RGB it’s made of 68.6% red, 69% green, and 3.9% blue. Its hue is 60°, with 89% saturation and 36% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
What is #AFB00A in RGB?
#AFB00A is rgb(175, 176, 10): 175 red, 176 green, and 10 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #AFB00A in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(1, 0, 94, 31). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #AFB00A?
PANTONE 398 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #AFB00A?
Its complement #BA99FD gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.