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#abc66e

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

Token name suggestion: Signal Jade

RGB
171, 198, 110
HSL
78°, 44%, 60%
CMYK
14, 0, 44, 22
Luminance
0.5017

#abc66e is a balanced soft green, 78° on the wheel and 40/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.03:1). As text it scores 1.90:1 on white — use #677E31 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(78 44% 60%)rgb(171 198 110)Base step 500AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abc66e is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abc66e
Hue
78°
green
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
60%
balanced
Brightness
78%
HSV value
Perceived
71%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5017
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
40/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.03:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 7.8
Chroma
47.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.786
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 9.9
Web-safe
#99CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue78° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness60%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abc66e.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool40% 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
Red17%
Green80%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#abc66e
HEX (8-digit)#abc66eff
RGBrgb(171, 198, 110)
RGBArgba(171, 198, 110, 1)
HSLhsl(78, 44%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(78, 44%, 78%)
HWBhwb(78 43% 22%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 44%, 22%)
LABlab(76.2 -23.2 41.0)
LCHlch(76.2 47.1 119.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.786 0.118 123.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(39.80, 50.17, 22.34)
Decimal11257454
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.776 0.431)
Web-safe#99CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abc66e;
background-color: #abc66e;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abc66e;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abc66e] bg-[#abc66e]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abc66e;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.776, blue: 0.431)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.776, blue: 0.431, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABC66E</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABC66E)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABC66E)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(110, 198, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 198, 110)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 198, 110)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 198, 110)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.7765f, 0.4314f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,198,110}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abc66e 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abc66e 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4A5C24, #E6EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abc66e 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: #F8FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F2F5EA;
  --brand-200: #E3EBD1;
  --brand-300: #D0DFAE;
  --brand-400: #B9D086;
  --brand-500: #abc66e;
  --brand-600: #8FB045;
  --brand-700: #77923A;
  --brand-800: #5F752E;
  --brand-900: #475625;
  --brand-950: #2C3617;
  --brand: #abc66e;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DDE8C4;
  --brand-hover: #9CBC54;
  --brand-pressed: #8AAA43;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1F2414;
    --brand-ink: #E6EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FAF5',
        100: '#F2F5EA',
        200: '#E3EBD1',
        300: '#D0DFAE',
        400: '#B9D086',
        500: '#abc66e',
        600: '#8FB045',
        700: '#77923A',
        800: '#5F752E',
        900: '#475625',
        950: '#2C3617',
        DEFAULT: '#abc66e',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FAF5,
  '100': #F2F5EA,
  '200': #E3EBD1,
  '300': #D0DFAE,
  '400': #B9D086,
  '500': #abc66e,
  '600': #8FB045,
  '700': #77923A,
  '800': #5F752E,
  '900': #475625,
  '950': #2C3617,
);
$brand-base: #abc66e;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2F5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E3EBD1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D0DFAE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B9D086", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#abc66e", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#8FB045", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#77923A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5F752E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#475625", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2C3617", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abc66e · 11.03:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.90:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.03:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abc66e as text scores 1.90:1 on white and 11.03:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4A5C24 at 3.88:1.

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
#677E31 · 4.56:1
AA on white−26% L
#677E31
The quick fox
#4C5D25 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−35% L
#4C5D25
The quick fox
#abc66e · 11.03:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abc66e
The quick fox
#abc66e · 11.03:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abc66e

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #819F3E 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
#abc66e on white: 1.90:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abc66e on black: 11.03:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abc66e as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abc66e.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.90:1AaAa
Slate 501.82:1AaAa
Slate 1001.74:1AaAa
Slate 2001.54:1AaAa
Slate 3001.28:1AaAa
Slate 4001.35:1AaAa
Slate 5002.50:1AaAa
Slate 6003.98:1AaAa
Slate 7005.44:1AaAa
Slate 8007.69:1AaAa
Slate 9009.38:1AaAa
Black11.03:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CFBD67
deuteranopia · #CBBC73
tritanopia · #B1BEB1

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. #abc66e 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.

#F8FAF5
#F2F5EA
#E3EBD1
#D0DFAE
#B9D086
#abc66e
#8FB045
#77923A
#5F752E
#475625
#2C3617
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F8FAF5Darkest = 950 · #2C3617Text 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 0.030 123.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.047 123.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.071 123.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.092 123.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.109 123.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.118 123.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.118 123.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.111 123.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.099 123.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.083 123.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.065 123.1);
}

Colors that work with #abc66e

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#DDE8C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#829B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6F6ACA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4A5C24
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4F8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1F2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#9CBC54
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8AAA43
Two steps down
Disabled#D6DCC8
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B7D574
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
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #abc66e

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #4A5C24
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #819F3E

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • Weight40/100
  • 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#896EC6
Analogous left#C6B56E
Analogous right#7FC66E
Split-complement 1#6E7FC6
Split-complement 2#B56EC6
Triadic 1#6EABC6
Triadic 2#C66EAB
Tetradic#6EC6B5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°78°

#abc66e sits at 78°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green77.6%
Blue43.1%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
198
0xc6
B · 0–255
110
0x6e

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow44.4%
Key (black)22.4%

Total ink coverage is 80%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abc66e text on a black background

contrast 11.03:1

Card sample

#abc66e text on a white background

contrast 1.90:1

Card sample

#abc66e on grey

1.74:1

#abc66e on its own surface

1.81:1

#abc66e on its dark surface

8.35:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abc66e;
Background color
Panel with #abc66e background
background-color: #abc66e;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abc66e;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 198, 110, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 198, 110, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abc66e;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc66e, #70C66E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc66e, #6EC682);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abc66e;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abc66e;
caret-color: #abc66e;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abc66e;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4F8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abc66e;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abc66e 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abc66e 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, 110, 0.5)
rgb(171 198 110 / 50%)
#abc66e80
hsl(78 44% 60% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abc66e 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abc66e1a#F7F9F1
20%#abc66e33#EEF4E2
40%#abc66e66#DDE8C5
60%#abc66e99#CDDDA8
80%#abc66ecc#BCD18B

Gradients from #abc66e

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, #C4D79A, #abc66e 45%, #4A5C24);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abc66e, #58BD5E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc66e, #896EC6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D1E0B0 0%, #abc66e 45%, #4A5C24 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%, #D4C293 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8CCF84 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4A5C24 0%, transparent 65%), #abc66e;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abc66e

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.

#abc66e 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 11.03:1.

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.

#abc66e, answered

What color is #abc66e?

#abc66e is a balanced soft green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 7.8). It sits at 78° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 60% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #abc66e?

rgb(171, 198, 110) — 171 red, 198 green and 110 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 77.6% / 43.1% by channel.

What is #abc66e in HSL and HSV?

hsl(78, 44%, 60%) and hsv(78, 44%, 78%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abc66e a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5017 and perceived brightness is 71%, so black text on it reaches 11.03:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abc66e?

Black. It scores 11.03:1 against #abc66e, versus 1.90:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abc66e accessible on a white background?

#abc66e on white scores 1.90:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #677E31 to reach 4.5:1, or #4C5D25 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abc66e?

#896EC6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6E7FC6 and #B56EC6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abc66e?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #DDE8C4 for borders, #829B4B for secondary text, #6F6ACA as an accent and #4A5C24 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C6B56E and #7FC66E stays calm, while #896EC6 is the loudest partner.

What is #abc66e in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 0%, 44%, 22%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abc66e warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 40 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C6C16E; nudged cooler, #8AC86C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abc66e?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 9.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abc66e as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abc66e in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abc66e] or text-[#abc66e], 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 #abc66e with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 198, 110, 0.5), or #abc66e80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E3B7; over black, #566337.

Is #abc66e a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC66, ΔE2000 4.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abc66e 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #abc66e?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C4D79A, #abc66e 45%, #4A5C24). For more colour, a short hue run to #58BD5E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abc66e in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abc66e at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.