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#afe113

a balanced, electric green · warm · closest name: Yellow Green

RGB
175, 225, 19
HSL
75°, 84%, 48%
CMYK
22, 0, 92, 12
Luminance
0.6301

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #afe113 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#afe113
Hue
75°
green
Saturation
84%
electric
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
88%
HSV value
Perceived
77%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6301
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
13.60:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 5.9
Where it sits
Hue75° of 360°
Saturation84%
Lightness48%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#afe113
RGBrgb(175, 225, 19)
HSLhsl(75, 84%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 0%, 92%, 12%)
LABlab(83.5 -39.8 80.0)
LCHlch(83.5 89.3 116.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.844 0.207 124.4)
Decimal11526419
Display P3color(display-p3 0.686 0.882 0.075)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #afe113;
background-color: #afe113;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#afe113] bg-[#afe113]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #afe113;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.686, green: 0.882, blue: 0.075)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#afe113")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFAFE113)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(19, 225, 175)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #afe113 · 13.60:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.54:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.60:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #afe113 as text scores 1.54:1 on white and 13.60:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#afe113 on white: 1.54:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#afe113 on black: 13.60:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #EED200
deuteranopia · #E8CF33
tritanopia · #B8D5C0

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #afe113 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFCF2
#F5FAE6
#EBF7C5
#DFF698
#CFF264
#BFED30
#afe113
#92BC10
#75960D
#566D0E
#354409
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FAFCF2Darkest = 950 · #354409
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFCF2;
  --brand-100: #F5FAE6;
  --brand-200: #EBF7C5;
  --brand-300: #DFF698;
  --brand-400: #CFF264;
  --brand-500: #BFED30;
  --brand-600: #afe113;
  --brand-700: #92BC10;
  --brand-800: #75960D;
  --brand-900: #566D0E;
  --brand-950: #354409;
  --brand: #afe113;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #afe113

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#879B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0E10E6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5B760A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8FDE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#202414
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #afe113

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#4513E1
Analogous left#E1AC13
Analogous right#48E113
Split-complement 1#1348E1
Split-complement 2#AC13E1
Triadic 1#13AFE1
Triadic 2#E113AF
Tetradic#13E1AC

RGB percentages

Red68.6%
Green88.2%
Blue7.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow91.6%
Key (black)11.8%

Color previews

#afe113 text on a black background

contrast 13.60:1

Card sample

#afe113 text on a white background

contrast 1.54:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #afe113;
Background color
Panel with #afe113 background
background-color: #afe113;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #afe113;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(175, 225, 19, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(175, 225, 19, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #afe113;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afe113, #26E113);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #afe113

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#afe113 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#afe113, answered

What color is #afe113?

#afe113 is a balanced electric green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 5.9). It sits at 75° on the hue wheel with 84% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #afe113?

rgb(175, 225, 19) — 175 red, 225 green and 19 blue out of 255, or 68.6% / 88.2% / 7.5% by channel.

Is #afe113 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6301 and perceived brightness is 77%, so black text on it reaches 13.60:1.

Should I use black or white text on #afe113?

Black. It scores 13.60:1 against #afe113, versus 1.54:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #afe113?

#4513E1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #1348E1 and #AC13E1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #afe113?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E2EDC0 for borders, #879B4B for secondary text, #0E10E6 as an accent and #5B760A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E1AC13 and #48E113 stays calm, while #4513E1 is the loudest partner.

What is #afe113 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(22%, 0%, 92%, 12%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #afe113 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E1C713; nudged cooler, #63E311.

Work with #afe113 in the Color Lab