Palettes / Colors / #AFBC02

#AFBC02 — Vivid Yellow

#AFBC02 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 #AFBC02 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.

#AFBC02 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 #0E02BB; it also sits naturally between #BB6B02 and #52BB02. 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 74% · Blue 1%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 26%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AFBC02

.text { color: #AFBC02; }
.background { background-color: #AFBC02; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFBC02; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 188, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 98%, 37%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFBC02; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 188, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFBC02; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 188, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AFBC02">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AFBC02">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AFBC02

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Tones of #AFBC02

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0E02BB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AFBC02: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFBC02

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 #AFBC02 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 #AFBC02 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

← #AFBC01  ·  #AFBC03 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFBC02?

#AFBC02 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 175, 188, 2). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFBC02?

#AFBC02 is RGB 175, 188, 2 — HSL 64°, 98%, 37% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 99%, 26%.

What colors go with #AFBC02?

Its complement is #0E02BB; analogous partners are #BB6B02 and #52BB02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFBC02 for text?

Black text on #AFBC02 has a contrast ratio of 10.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.10:1.