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#abc644

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

Token name suggestion: True Jade

RGB
171, 198, 68
HSL
73°, 53%, 52%
CMYK
14, 0, 66, 22
Luminance
0.4946

#abc644 is a balanced vivid green, 73° on the wheel and 35/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.89:1). As text it scores 1.93:1 on white — use #6C7E26 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(73 53% 52%)rgb(171 198 68)Base step 500AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abc644 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abc644
Hue
73°
green
Saturation
53%
vivid
Lightness
52%
balanced
Brightness
78%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4946
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
35/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
10.89:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 4.2
Chroma
65.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.782
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 7
Web-safe
#99CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue73° of 360°
Saturation53%
Lightness52%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abc644.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool35% 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%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#abc644
HEX (8-digit)#abc644ff
RGBrgb(171, 198, 68)
RGBArgba(171, 198, 68, 1)
HSLhsl(73, 53%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(72, 66%, 78%)
HWBhwb(73 27% 22%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 66%, 22%)
LABlab(75.7 -27.0 59.7)
LCHlch(75.7 65.5 114.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.782 0.157 120.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(38.03, 49.46, 13.01)
Decimal11257412
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.776 0.267)
Web-safe#99CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abc644;
background-color: #abc644;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abc644;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abc644] bg-[#abc644]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abc644;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.776, blue: 0.267)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.776, blue: 0.267, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABC644</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABC644)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABC644)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(68, 198, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 198, 68)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 198, 68)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 198, 68)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.7765f, 0.2667f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,198,68}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abc644 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abc644 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#54621E, #E8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abc644 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: #F9FBF4;
  --brand-100: #F3F6E9;
  --brand-200: #E7EDCE;
  --brand-300: #D8E5A9;
  --brand-400: #C5D87E;
  --brand-500: #abc644;
  --brand-600: #A0BC39;
  --brand-700: #869C30;
  --brand-800: #6B7D26;
  --brand-900: #4F5B1F;
  --brand-950: #313913;
  --brand: #abc644;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E3ECC0;
  --brand-hover: #97B136;
  --brand-pressed: #80952D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #212414;
    --brand-ink: #E8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FBF4',
        100: '#F3F6E9',
        200: '#E7EDCE',
        300: '#D8E5A9',
        400: '#C5D87E',
        500: '#abc644',
        600: '#A0BC39',
        700: '#869C30',
        800: '#6B7D26',
        900: '#4F5B1F',
        950: '#313913',
        DEFAULT: '#abc644',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FBF4,
  '100': #F3F6E9,
  '200': #E7EDCE,
  '300': #D8E5A9,
  '400': #C5D87E,
  '500': #abc644,
  '600': #A0BC39,
  '700': #869C30,
  '800': #6B7D26,
  '900': #4F5B1F,
  '950': #313913,
);
$brand-base: #abc644;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3F6E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7EDCE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D8E5A9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C5D87E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#abc644", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A0BC39", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#869C30", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6B7D26", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4F5B1F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#313913", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abc644 · 10.89:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.93:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.89:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abc644 as text scores 1.93:1 on white and 10.89:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #54621E at 3.47:1.

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
#6C7E26 · 4.52:1
AA on white−20% L
#6C7E26
The quick fox
#4E5B1C · 7.40:1
AAA on white−29% L
#4E5B1C
The quick fox
#abc644 · 10.89:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abc644
The quick fox
#abc644 · 10.89:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abc644

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #869D30 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
#abc644 on white: 1.93:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abc644 on black: 10.89:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abc644 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abc644.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.93:1AaAa
Slate 501.84:1AaAa
Slate 1001.76:1AaAa
Slate 2001.56:1AaAa
Slate 3001.30:1AaAa
Slate 4001.33:1AaAa
Slate 5002.47:1AaAa
Slate 6003.93:1AaAa
Slate 7005.37:1AaAa
Slate 8007.59:1AaAa
Slate 9009.26:1AaAa
Black10.89:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D2BB32
deuteranopia · #CFBB4E
tritanopia · #B4BCAC

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. #abc644 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9FBF4
#F3F6E9
#E7EDCE
#D8E5A9
#C5D87E
#abc644
#A0BC39
#869C30
#6B7D26
#4F5B1F
#313913
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F9FBF4Darkest = 950 · #313913Text step on white = 800
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 0.039 120.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.063 120.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.094 120.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.122 120.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.144 120.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.157 120.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.157 120.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.147 120.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.131 120.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.110 120.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.086 120.2);
}

Colors that work with #abc644

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#E3ECC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8A9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3F45CB
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#54621E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6F9EB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#212414
Dark-mode background
Hover#97B136
One step down in lightness
Pressed#80952D
Two steps down
Disabled#C6CCAF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B9D649
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 #abc644

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
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • 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 #54621E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #869D30

Meaning and mood

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

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight48/100
  • 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#5F44C6
Analogous left#C6A044
Analogous right#6AC644
Split-complement 1#446AC6
Split-complement 2#A044C6
Triadic 1#44ABC6
Triadic 2#C644AB
Tetradic#44C6A0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°73°

#abc644 sits at 73°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green77.6%
Blue26.7%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
198
0xc6
B · 0–255
68
0x44

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow65.7%
Key (black)22.4%

Total ink coverage is 102%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abc644 text on a black background

contrast 10.89:1

Card sample

#abc644 text on a white background

contrast 1.93:1

Card sample

#abc644 on grey

1.76:1

#abc644 on its own surface

1.84:1

#abc644 on its dark surface

8.21:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abc644;
Background color
Panel with #abc644 background
background-color: #abc644;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abc644;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 198, 68, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 198, 68, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abc644;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc644, #54C644);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc644, #44C654);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abc644;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abc644;
caret-color: #abc644;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abc644;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6F9EB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abc644;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abc644 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abc644 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, 198, 68, 0.5)
rgb(171 198 68 / 50%)
#abc64480
hsl(73 53% 52% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abc644 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abc6441a#F7F9EC
20%#abc64433#EEF4DA
40%#abc64466#DDE8B4
60%#abc64499#CDDD8F
80%#abc644cc#BCD169

Gradients from #abc644

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, #C0D473, #abc644 45%, #54621E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abc644, #3CB537);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc644, #5F44C6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CBDC8B 0%, #abc644 45%, #54621E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D2AB6B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #73CD5C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #54621E 0%, transparent 65%), #abc644;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abc644

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.

#abc644 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

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 10.89:1.

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.

#abc644, answered

What color is #abc644?

#abc644 is a balanced vivid green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 4.2). It sits at 73° on the hue wheel with 53% saturation and 52% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #abc644?

rgb(171, 198, 68) — 171 red, 198 green and 68 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 77.6% / 26.7% by channel.

What is #abc644 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(73, 53%, 52%) and hsv(72, 66%, 78%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abc644 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4946 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 10.89:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abc644?

Black. It scores 10.89:1 against #abc644, versus 1.93:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abc644 accessible on a white background?

#abc644 on white scores 1.93:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6C7E26 to reach 4.5:1, or #4E5B1C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abc644?

#5F44C6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #446AC6 and #A044C6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abc644?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E3ECC0 for borders, #8A9B4B for secondary text, #3F45CB as an accent and #54621E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C6A044 and #6AC644 stays calm, while #5F44C6 is the loudest partner.

What is #abc644 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 0%, 66%, 22%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abc644 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 35 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C6B244; nudged cooler, #7BC942.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abc644?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abc644 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abc644 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abc644] or text-[#abc644], 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 #abc644 with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 198, 68, 0.5), or #abc64480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E3A2; over black, #566322.

Is #abc644 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC33, ΔE2000 4.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abc644 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #abc644?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C0D473, #abc644 45%, #54621E). For more colour, a short hue run to #3CB537 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abc644 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abc644 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.