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#abc124

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

Token name suggestion: Dusk Straw

RGB
171, 193, 36
HSL
68°, 69%, 45%
CMYK
11, 0, 81, 24
Luminance
0.4693

#abc124 is a dark vivid yellow, 68° on the wheel and 32/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.39:1). As text it scores 2.02:1 on white — use #6E7C17 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(68 69% 45%)rgb(171 193 36)Base step 600AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abc124 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abc124
Hue
68°
yellow
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
45%
dark
Brightness
76%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4693
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
32/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
10.39:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 5.8
Chroma
73.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.768
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 8.1
Web-safe
#99CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue68° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness45%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abc124.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool32% 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
Red18%
Green81%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#abc124
HEX (8-digit)#abc124ff
RGBrgb(171, 193, 36)
RGBArgba(171, 193, 36, 1)
HSLhsl(68, 69%, 45%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68, 81%, 76%)
HWBhwb(68 14% 24%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 0%, 81%, 24%)
LABlab(74.1 -26.2 68.9)
LCHlch(74.1 73.7 110.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.768 0.169 117.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.18, 46.93, 8.82)
Decimal11256100
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.757 0.141)
Web-safe#99CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abc124;
background-color: #abc124;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abc124;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abc124] bg-[#abc124]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abc124;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.757, blue: 0.141)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.757, blue: 0.141, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABC124</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABC124)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABC124)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(36, 193, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 193, 36)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 193, 36)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 193, 36)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.7569f, 0.1412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,193,36}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abc124 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abc124 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5F6B14, #EAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abc124 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: #FAFBF3;
  --brand-100: #F6F8E8;
  --brand-200: #ECF2CA;
  --brand-300: #E3EDA0;
  --brand-400: #D4E571;
  --brand-500: #C6DC42;
  --brand-600: #abc124;
  --brand-700: #98AC20;
  --brand-800: #7A8A1A;
  --brand-900: #596417;
  --brand-950: #383E0E;
  --brand: #abc124;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E6EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #90A31E;
  --brand-pressed: #768519;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #222414;
    --brand-ink: #EAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFBF3',
        100: '#F6F8E8',
        200: '#ECF2CA',
        300: '#E3EDA0',
        400: '#D4E571',
        500: '#C6DC42',
        600: '#abc124',
        700: '#98AC20',
        800: '#7A8A1A',
        900: '#596417',
        950: '#383E0E',
        DEFAULT: '#abc124',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFBF3,
  '100': #F6F8E8,
  '200': #ECF2CA,
  '300': #E3EDA0,
  '400': #D4E571,
  '500': #C6DC42,
  '600': #abc124,
  '700': #98AC20,
  '800': #7A8A1A,
  '900': #596417,
  '950': #383E0E,
);
$brand-base: #abc124;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFBF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6F8E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#ECF2CA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E3EDA0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D4E571", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C6DC42", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#abc124", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#98AC20", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7A8A1A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#596417", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#383E0E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abc124 · 10.39:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.02:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.39:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abc124 as text scores 2.02:1 on white and 10.39:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5F6B14 at 2.88:1.

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
#6E7C17 · 4.61:1
AA on white−16% L
#6E7C17
The quick fox
#535E12 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−23% L
#535E12
The quick fox
#abc124 · 10.39:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abc124
The quick fox
#abc124 · 10.39:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abc124

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #899A1D 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
#abc124 on white: 2.02:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abc124 on black: 10.39:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abc124 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abc124.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.02:1AaAa
Slate 501.93:1AaAa
Slate 1001.85:1AaAa
Slate 2001.64:1AaAa
Slate 3001.36:1AaAa
Slate 4001.27:1AaAa
Slate 5002.35:1AaAa
Slate 6003.75:1AaAa
Slate 7005.12:1AaAa
Slate 8007.23:1AaAa
Slate 9008.83:1AaAa
Black10.39:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CEB600
deuteranopia · #CCB735
tritanopia · #B6B6A5

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. #abc124 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.

#FAFBF3
#F6F8E8
#ECF2CA
#E3EDA0
#D4E571
#C6DC42
#abc124
#98AC20
#7A8A1A
#596417
#383E0E
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FAFBF3Darkest = 950 · #383E0EText 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 0.042 117.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.068 117.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.102 117.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.132 117.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.156 117.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.169 117.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.169 117.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.159 117.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.142 117.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.118 117.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.093 117.9);
}

Colors that work with #abc124

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#E6EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#909B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#1F32C6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5F6B14
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9FBEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#222414
Dark-mode background
Hover#90A31E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#768519
Two steps down
Disabled#B8BD98
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C3DF1B
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 #abc124

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 #5F6B14
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #899A1D

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight55/100
  • 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#3A24C1
Analogous left#C18824
Analogous right#5DC124
Split-complement 1#245DC1
Split-complement 2#8824C1
Triadic 1#24ABC1
Triadic 2#C124AB
Tetradic#24C188
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°68°

#abc124 sits at 68°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green75.7%
Blue14.1%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
193
0xc1
B · 0–255
36
0x24

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow81.3%
Key (black)24.3%

Total ink coverage is 117%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abc124 text on a black background

contrast 10.39:1

Card sample

#abc124 text on a white background

contrast 2.02:1

Card sample

#abc124 on grey

1.85:1

#abc124 on its own surface

1.93:1

#abc124 on its dark surface

7.81:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abc124;
Background color
Panel with #abc124 background
background-color: #abc124;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abc124;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 193, 36, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 193, 36, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abc124;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc124, #42C124);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc124, #24C12D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abc124;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abc124;
caret-color: #abc124;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abc124;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9FBEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abc124;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abc124 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abc124 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, 193, 36, 0.5)
rgb(171 193 36 / 50%)
#abc12480
hsl(68 69% 45% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abc124 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abc1241a#F7F9E9
20%#abc12433#EEF3D3
40%#abc12466#DDE6A7
60%#abc12499#CDDA7C
80%#abc124cc#BCCD50

Gradients from #abc124

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, #C7DC46, #abc124 45%, #5F6B14);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abc124, #2EA71F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc124, #3A24C1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CFE15F 0%, #abc124 45%, #5F6B14 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%, #DB953D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #5BD82C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5F6B14 0%, transparent 65%), #abc124;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abc124

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.

#abc124 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 10.39:1.

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.

#abc124, answered

What color is #abc124?

#abc124 is a dark vivid yellow, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 5.8). It sits at 68° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 45% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #abc124?

rgb(171, 193, 36) — 171 red, 193 green and 36 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 75.7% / 14.1% by channel.

What is #abc124 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(68, 69%, 45%) and hsv(68, 81%, 76%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abc124 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4693 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 10.39:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abc124?

Black. It scores 10.39:1 against #abc124, versus 2.02:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abc124 accessible on a white background?

#abc124 on white scores 2.02:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6E7C17 to reach 4.5:1, or #535E12 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abc124?

#3A24C1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #245DC1 and #8824C1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abc124?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E6EDC0 for borders, #909B4B for secondary text, #1F32C6 as an accent and #5F6B14 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C18824 and #5DC124 stays calm, while #3A24C1 is the loudest partner.

What is #abc124 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 0%, 81%, 24%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abc124 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 32 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C19D24; nudged cooler, #71C322.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abc124?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 8.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abc124 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abc124 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abc124] or text-[#abc124], 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 #abc124 with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 193, 36, 0.5), or #abc12480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E092; over black, #566112.

Is #abc124 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC33, ΔE2000 5.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abc124 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 #abc124?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C7DC46, #abc124 45%, #5F6B14). For more colour, a short hue run to #2EA71F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abc124 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abc124 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.