Palettes / Colors / #AFBB07

#AFBB07 — Vivid Yellow

#AFBB07 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #AFBB07 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AFBB07 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #1307BB; it also sits naturally between #BB6D07 and #55BB07. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 73% · Blue 3%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 96% · Key 27%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #AFBB07

.text { color: #AFBB07; }
.background { background-color: #AFBB07; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFBB07; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 187, 7); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 93%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFBB07; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 187, 7, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFBB07; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 187, 7, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AFBB07">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AFBB07">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AFBB07

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Tones of #AFBB07

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1307BB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AFBB07: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFBB07

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #AFBB07 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AFBB07 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFBB06  ·  #AFBB08 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFBB07?

#AFBB07 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 175, 187, 7). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFBB07?

#AFBB07 is RGB 175, 187, 7 — HSL 64°, 93%, 38% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 96%, 27%.

What colors go with #AFBB07?

Its complement is #1307BB; analogous partners are #BB6D07 and #55BB07. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFBB07 for text?

Black text on #AFBB07 has a contrast ratio of 9.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.11:1.