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#abbc0f

a dark, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Yellow Green

Token name suggestion: Slate Citron

RGB
171, 188, 15
HSL
66°, 85%, 40%
CMYK
9, 0, 92, 26
Luminance
0.4466

#abbc0f is a dark electric yellow, 66° on the wheel and 30/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.93:1). As text it scores 2.11:1 on white — use #6F7A0A instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(66 85% 40%)rgb(171 188 15)Base step 700AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abbc0f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abbc0f
Hue
66°
yellow
Saturation
85%
electric
Lightness
40%
dark
Brightness
74%
HSV value
Perceived
67%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4466
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
30/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
9.93:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 7.5
Chroma
75.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.756
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 9.6
Web-safe
#99CC00
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue66° of 360°
Saturation85%
Lightness40%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abbc0f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool30% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red19%
Green81%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#abbc0f
HEX (8-digit)#abbc0fff
RGBrgb(171, 188, 15)
RGBArgba(171, 188, 15, 1)
HSLhsl(66, 85%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66, 92%, 74%)
HWBhwb(66 6% 26%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 92%, 26%)
LABlab(72.7 -24.3 71.9)
LCHlch(72.7 75.8 108.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.756 0.170 116.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(34.87, 44.66, 7.24)
Decimal11254799
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.737 0.059)
Web-safe#99CC00

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abbc0f;
background-color: #abbc0f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abbc0f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abbc0f] bg-[#abbc0f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abbc0f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.737, blue: 0.059)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.737, blue: 0.059, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABBC0F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABBC0F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABBC0F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(15, 188, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 188, 15)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 188, 15)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 188, 15)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.7373f, 0.0588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,188,15}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abbc0f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abbc0f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6B7609, #EBEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abbc0f h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBFCF2;
  --brand-100: #F8FAE5;
  --brand-200: #F2F7C5;
  --brand-300: #EDF797;
  --brand-400: #E4F363;
  --brand-500: #DCEE2F;
  --brand-600: #CEE312;
  --brand-700: #abbc0f;
  --brand-800: #89970C;
  --brand-900: #646D0D;
  --brand-950: #3E4408;
  --brand: #abbc0f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E8EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #8D9B0C;
  --brand-pressed: #6F7A0A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232414;
    --brand-ink: #EBEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBFCF2',
        100: '#F8FAE5',
        200: '#F2F7C5',
        300: '#EDF797',
        400: '#E4F363',
        500: '#DCEE2F',
        600: '#CEE312',
        700: '#abbc0f',
        800: '#89970C',
        900: '#646D0D',
        950: '#3E4408',
        DEFAULT: '#abbc0f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBFCF2,
  '100': #F8FAE5,
  '200': #F2F7C5,
  '300': #EDF797,
  '400': #E4F363,
  '500': #DCEE2F,
  '600': #CEE312,
  '700': #abbc0f,
  '800': #89970C,
  '900': #646D0D,
  '950': #3E4408,
);
$brand-base: #abbc0f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBFCF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8FAE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F2F7C5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EDF797", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E4F363", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DCEE2F", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#CEE312", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#abbc0f", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#89970C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#646D0D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3E4408", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

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 #abbc0f · 9.93:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.11:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.93:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abbc0f as text scores 2.11:1 on white and 9.93:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6B7609 at 2.35:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6F7A0A · 4.70:1
AA on white−14% L
#6F7A0A
The quick fox
#555E07 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−20% L
#555E07
The quick fox
#abbc0f · 9.93:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abbc0f
The quick fox
#abbc0f · 9.93:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abbc0f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8D9B0C is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#abbc0f on white: 2.11:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abbc0f on black: 9.93:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abbc0f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abbc0f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.11:1AaAa
Slate 502.02:1AaAa
Slate 1001.93:1AaAa
Slate 2001.72:1AaAa
Slate 3001.42:1AaAa
Slate 4001.21:1AaAa
Slate 5002.25:1AaAa
Slate 6003.58:1AaAa
Slate 7004.90:1AaAa
Slate 8006.92:1AaAa
Slate 9008.44:1AaAa
Black9.93:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CAB200
deuteranopia · #C9B328
tritanopia · #B7B0A0

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #abbc0f is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBFCF2
#F8FAE5
#F2F7C5
#EDF797
#E4F363
#DCEE2F
#CEE312
#abbc0f
#89970C
#646D0D
#3E4408
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FBFCF2Darkest = 950 · #3E4408Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.043 116.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.068 116.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.102 116.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.133 116.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.157 116.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.170 116.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.170 116.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.160 116.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.143 116.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.119 116.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.094 116.2);
}

Colors that work with #abbc0f

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#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E8EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#939B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0B26C0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6B7609
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBFDE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232414
Dark-mode background
Hover#8D9B0C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#6F7A0A
Two steps down
Disabled#AFB388
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C5DA05
Offset from the fill so it reads
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

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #abbc0f

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
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • 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
  • Black text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #6B7609
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8D9B0C

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight60/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

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#200FBC
Analogous left#BC760F
Analogous right#54BC0F
Split-complement 1#0F54BC
Split-complement 2#760FBC
Triadic 1#0FABBC
Triadic 2#BC0FAB
Tetradic#0FBC76
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°66°

#abbc0f sits at 66°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green73.7%
Blue5.9%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
188
0xbc
B · 0–255
15
0x0f

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow92.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Total ink coverage is 127%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abbc0f text on a black background

contrast 9.93:1

Card sample

#abbc0f text on a white background

contrast 2.11:1

Card sample

#abbc0f on grey

1.93:1

#abbc0f on its own surface

2.02:1

#abbc0f on its dark surface

7.45:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abbc0f;
Background color
Panel with #abbc0f background
background-color: #abbc0f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abbc0f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 188, 15, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 188, 15, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abbc0f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abbc0f, #38BC0F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abbc0f, #0FBC12);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abbc0f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abbc0f;
caret-color: #abbc0f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abbc0f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBFDE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abbc0f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abbc0f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abbc0f over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(171, 188, 15, 0.5)
rgb(171 188 15 / 50%)
#abbc0f80
hsl(66 85% 40% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abbc0f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abbc0f1a#F7F8E7
20%#abbc0f33#EEF2CF
40%#abbc0f66#DDE49F
60%#abbc0f99#CDD76F
80%#abbc0fcc#BCC93F

Gradients from #abbc0f

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D8ED1B, #abbc0f 45%, #6B7609);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abbc0f, #23A00D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abbc0f, #200FBC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DDEF38 0%, #abbc0f 45%, #6B7609 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EB8213 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #51D811 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6B7609 0%, transparent 65%), #abbc0f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abbc0f

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

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.

#abbc0f in the real world

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

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

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

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.93:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#abbc0f, answered

What color is #abbc0f?

#abbc0f is a dark electric yellow, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 7.5). It sits at 66° on the hue wheel with 85% saturation and 40% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #abbc0f?

rgb(171, 188, 15) — 171 red, 188 green and 15 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 73.7% / 5.9% by channel.

What is #abbc0f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(66, 85%, 40%) and hsv(66, 92%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abbc0f a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4466 and perceived brightness is 67%, so black text on it reaches 9.93:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abbc0f?

Black. It scores 9.93:1 against #abbc0f, versus 2.11:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abbc0f accessible on a white background?

#abbc0f on white scores 2.11:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6F7A0A to reach 4.5:1, or #555E07 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abbc0f?

#200FBC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #0F54BC and #760FBC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abbc0f?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E8EDC0 for borders, #939B4B for secondary text, #0B26C0 as an accent and #6B7609 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BC760F and #54BC0F stays calm, while #200FBC is the loudest partner.

What is #abbc0f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(9%, 0%, 92%, 26%). 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 #abbc0f warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 30 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BC8E0F; nudged cooler, #6CBE0D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abbc0f?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 9.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abbc0f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abbc0f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abbc0f] or text-[#abbc0f], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #abbc0f with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 188, 15, 0.5), or #abbc0f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5DE87; over black, #565E08.

Is #abbc0f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC00, ΔE2000 6.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abbc0f mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #abbc0f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D8ED1B, #abbc0f 45%, #6B7609). For more colour, a short hue run to #23A00D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abbc0f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abbc0f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.