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#abc20d

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

Token name suggestion: Shadow Honey

RGB
171, 194, 13
HSL
68°, 87%, 41%
CMYK
12, 0, 93, 24
Luminance
0.4727

#abc20d is a dark electric yellow, 68° on the wheel and 31/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.45:1). As text it scores 2.01:1 on white — use #6C7A08 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(68 87% 41%)rgb(171 194 13)Base step 700AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abc20d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abc20d
Hue
68°
yellow
Saturation
87%
electric
Lightness
41%
dark
Brightness
76%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4727
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
31/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
10.45:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 6.1
Chroma
78.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.770
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 8.3
Web-safe
#99CC00
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue68° of 360°
Saturation87%
Lightness41%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abc20d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool31% 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%
Green82%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#abc20d
HEX (8-digit)#abc20dff
RGBrgb(171, 194, 13)
RGBArgba(171, 194, 13, 1)
HSLhsl(68, 87%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68, 93%, 76%)
HWBhwb(68 5% 24%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 0%, 93%, 24%)
LABlab(74.4 -27.2 73.5)
LCHlch(74.4 78.3 110.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.770 0.177 118.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.16, 47.27, 7.60)
Decimal11256333
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.761 0.051)
Web-safe#99CC00

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abc20d;
background-color: #abc20d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abc20d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abc20d] bg-[#abc20d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abc20d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.761, blue: 0.051)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.761, blue: 0.051, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABC20D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABC20D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABC20D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(13, 194, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 194, 13)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 194, 13)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 194, 13)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.7608f, 0.0510f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,194,13}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abc20d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abc20d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#697708, #EBEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abc20d 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: #FBFDF2;
  --brand-100: #F8FAE5;
  --brand-200: #F1F8C4;
  --brand-300: #ECF896;
  --brand-400: #E2F461;
  --brand-500: #D8F12D;
  --brand-600: #CAE50F;
  --brand-700: #abc20d;
  --brand-800: #87990A;
  --brand-900: #626E0C;
  --brand-950: #3D4507;
  --brand: #abc20d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E7EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #8EA10B;
  --brand-pressed: #707F09;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #222414;
    --brand-ink: #EBEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBFDF2',
        100: '#F8FAE5',
        200: '#F1F8C4',
        300: '#ECF896',
        400: '#E2F461',
        500: '#D8F12D',
        600: '#CAE50F',
        700: '#abc20d',
        800: '#87990A',
        900: '#626E0C',
        950: '#3D4507',
        DEFAULT: '#abc20d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBFDF2,
  '100': #F8FAE5,
  '200': #F1F8C4,
  '300': #ECF896,
  '400': #E2F461,
  '500': #D8F12D,
  '600': #CAE50F,
  '700': #abc20d,
  '800': #87990A,
  '900': #626E0C,
  '950': #3D4507,
);
$brand-base: #abc20d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBFDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8FAE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F1F8C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ECF896", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E2F461", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D8F12D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#CAE50F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#abc20d", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#87990A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#626E0C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3D4507", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abc20d · 10.45:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.01:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.45:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abc20d as text scores 2.01:1 on white and 10.45:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #697708 at 2.46:1.

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
#6C7A08 · 4.75:1
AA on white−15% L
#6C7A08
The quick fox
#535E06 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−21% L
#535E06
The quick fox
#abc20d · 10.45:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abc20d
The quick fox
#abc20d · 10.45:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abc20d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #899C0A 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
#abc20d on white: 2.01:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abc20d on black: 10.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abc20d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abc20d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.01:1AaAa
Slate 501.92:1AaAa
Slate 1001.83:1AaAa
Slate 2001.63:1AaAa
Slate 3001.35:1AaAa
Slate 4001.28:1AaAa
Slate 5002.37:1AaAa
Slate 6003.77:1AaAa
Slate 7005.15:1AaAa
Slate 8007.28:1AaAa
Slate 9008.89:1AaAa
Black10.45:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D0B700
deuteranopia · #CDB829
tritanopia · #B6B7A5

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. #abc20d 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.

#FBFDF2
#F8FAE5
#F1F8C4
#ECF896
#E2F461
#D8F12D
#CAE50F
#abc20d
#87990A
#626E0C
#3D4507
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FBFDF2Darkest = 950 · #3D4507Text 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 0.044 118.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.071 118.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.106 118.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.138 118.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.163 118.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.177 118.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.177 118.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.166 118.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.149 118.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.124 118.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.097 118.0);
}

Colors that work with #abc20d

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#E7EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#919B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0920C6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#697708
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBFDE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#222414
Dark-mode background
Hover#8EA10B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#707F09
Two steps down
Disabled#AFB58B
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C4E103
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 #abc20d

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 #697708
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #899C0A

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
  • Weight59/100
  • 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#240DC2
Analogous left#C27E0D
Analogous right#51C20D
Split-complement 1#0D51C2
Split-complement 2#7E0DC2
Triadic 1#0DABC2
Triadic 2#C20DAB
Tetradic#0DC27E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°68°

#abc20d sits at 68°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green76.1%
Blue5.1%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
194
0xc2
B · 0–255
13
0x0d

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow93.3%
Key (black)23.9%

Total ink coverage is 129%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abc20d text on a black background

contrast 10.45:1

Card sample

#abc20d text on a white background

contrast 2.01:1

Card sample

#abc20d on grey

1.83:1

#abc20d on its own surface

1.92:1

#abc20d on its dark surface

7.86:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abc20d;
Background color
Panel with #abc20d background
background-color: #abc20d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abc20d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 194, 13, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 194, 13, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abc20d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc20d, #32C20D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc20d, #0DC215);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abc20d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abc20d;
caret-color: #abc20d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abc20d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBFDE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abc20d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abc20d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abc20d 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, 194, 13, 0.5)
rgb(171 194 13 / 50%)
#abc20d80
hsl(68 87% 41% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abc20d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abc20d1a#F7F9E7
20%#abc20d33#EEF3CF
40%#abc20d66#DDE79E
60%#abc20d99#CDDA6E
80%#abc20dcc#BCCE3D

Gradients from #abc20d

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, #D5F01C, #abc20d 45%, #697708);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abc20d, #1EA50B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc20d, #240DC2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DAF239 0%, #abc20d 45%, #697708 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%, #EF8B13 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4BDF0F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #697708 0%, transparent 65%), #abc20d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abc20d

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.

#abc20d 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 10.45:1.

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.

#abc20d, answered

What color is #abc20d?

#abc20d is a dark electric yellow, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 6.1). It sits at 68° on the hue wheel with 87% saturation and 41% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #abc20d?

rgb(171, 194, 13) — 171 red, 194 green and 13 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 76.1% / 5.1% by channel.

What is #abc20d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(68, 87%, 41%) and hsv(68, 93%, 76%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abc20d a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4727 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 10.45:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abc20d?

Black. It scores 10.45:1 against #abc20d, versus 2.01:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abc20d accessible on a white background?

#abc20d on white scores 2.01:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6C7A08 to reach 4.5:1, or #535E06 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abc20d?

#240DC2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #0D51C2 and #7E0DC2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abc20d?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E7EDC0 for borders, #919B4B for secondary text, #0920C6 as an accent and #697708 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C27E0D and #51C20D stays calm, while #240DC2 is the loudest partner.

What is #abc20d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(12%, 0%, 93%, 24%). 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 #abc20d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 31 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C2970D; nudged cooler, #69C40B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abc20d?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 8.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abc20d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abc20d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abc20d] or text-[#abc20d], 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 #abc20d with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 194, 13, 0.5), or #abc20d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E186; over black, #566107.

Is #abc20d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC00, ΔE2000 5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abc20d 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 #abc20d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D5F01C, #abc20d 45%, #697708). For more colour, a short hue run to #1EA50B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abc20d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abc20d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.