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#abcc2e

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

Token name suggestion: Signal Fern

RGB
171, 204, 46
HSL
73°, 63%, 49%
CMYK
16, 0, 78, 20
Luminance
0.5204

#abcc2e is a balanced vivid green, 73° on the wheel and 35/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.41:1). As text it scores 1.84:1 on white — use #697D1C instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(73 63% 49%)rgb(171 204 46)Base step 600AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abcc2e is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abcc2e
Hue
73°
green
Saturation
63%
vivid
Lightness
49%
balanced
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5204
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
35/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.41:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 3.4
Chroma
75.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.794
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 6.1
Web-safe
#99CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue73° of 360°
Saturation63%
Lightness49%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abcc2e.

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
Red17%
Green83%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#abcc2e
HEX (8-digit)#abcc2eff
RGBrgb(171, 204, 46)
RGBArgba(171, 204, 46, 1)
HSLhsl(73, 63%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(73, 77%, 80%)
HWBhwb(73 18% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 0%, 78%, 20%)
LABlab(77.3 -31.0 68.9)
LCHlch(77.3 75.6 114.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.794 0.177 121.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(38.88, 52.04, 10.58)
Decimal11258926
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.800 0.180)
Web-safe#99CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abcc2e;
background-color: #abcc2e;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abcc2e;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abcc2e] bg-[#abcc2e]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abcc2e;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.800, blue: 0.180)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.800, blue: 0.180, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABCC2E</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABCC2E)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABCC2E)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(46, 204, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 204, 46)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 204, 46)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 204, 46)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.8000f, 0.1804f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,204,46}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abcc2e 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abcc2e 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#576817, #E8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abcc2e 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: #FAFBF4;
  --brand-100: #F4F7E8;
  --brand-200: #E9F0CB;
  --brand-300: #DCEAA3;
  --brand-400: #CAE076;
  --brand-500: #B8D648;
  --brand-600: #abcc2e;
  --brand-700: #8CA626;
  --brand-800: #70851E;
  --brand-900: #52611A;
  --brand-950: #333C10;
  --brand: #abcc2e;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E3EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #93AF27;
  --brand-pressed: #7A9221;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #212414;
    --brand-ink: #E8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFBF4',
        100: '#F4F7E8',
        200: '#E9F0CB',
        300: '#DCEAA3',
        400: '#CAE076',
        500: '#B8D648',
        600: '#abcc2e',
        700: '#8CA626',
        800: '#70851E',
        900: '#52611A',
        950: '#333C10',
        DEFAULT: '#abcc2e',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFBF4,
  '100': #F4F7E8,
  '200': #E9F0CB,
  '300': #DCEAA3,
  '400': #CAE076,
  '500': #B8D648,
  '600': #abcc2e,
  '700': #8CA626,
  '800': #70851E,
  '900': #52611A,
  '950': #333C10,
);
$brand-base: #abcc2e;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F7E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9F0CB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DCEAA3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CAE076", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B8D648", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#abcc2e", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8CA626", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#70851E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#52611A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#333C10", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abcc2e · 11.41:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.84:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.41:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abcc2e as text scores 1.84:1 on white and 11.41:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #576817 at 3.36:1.

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
#697D1C · 4.61:1
AA on white−19% L
#697D1C
The quick fox
#4D5C15 · 7.35:1
AAA on white−27% L
#4D5C15
The quick fox
#abcc2e · 11.41:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abcc2e
The quick fox
#abcc2e · 11.41:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abcc2e

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #859E24 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
#abcc2e on white: 1.84:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abcc2e on black: 11.41:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abcc2e as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abcc2e.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.84:1AaAa
Slate 501.76:1AaAa
Slate 1001.68:1AaAa
Slate 2001.49:1AaAa
Slate 3001.24:1AaAa
Slate 4001.39:1AaAa
Slate 5002.59:1AaAa
Slate 6004.12:1AaAa
Slate 7005.63:1AaAa
Slate 8007.95:1AaAa
Slate 9009.70:1AaAa
Black11.41:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D9C000
deuteranopia · #D5BF3E
tritanopia · #B5C1AF

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. #abcc2e 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.

#FAFBF4
#F4F7E8
#E9F0CB
#DCEAA3
#CAE076
#B8D648
#abcc2e
#8CA626
#70851E
#52611A
#333C10
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FAFBF4Darkest = 950 · #333C10Text 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 0.044 121.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.071 121.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.106 121.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.138 121.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.163 121.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.177 121.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.177 121.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.166 121.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.149 121.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.124 121.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.097 121.3);
}

Colors that work with #abcc2e

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#E3EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8A9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2930D1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#576817
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7FAEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#212414
Dark-mode background
Hover#93AF27
One step down in lightness
Pressed#7A9221
Two steps down
Disabled#BFC5A5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#BADF2F
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #abcc2e

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 #576817
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #859E24

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
  • Weight51/100
  • 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#4F2ECC
Analogous left#CC9E2E
Analogous right#5CCC2E
Split-complement 1#2E5CCC
Split-complement 2#9E2ECC
Triadic 1#2EABCC
Triadic 2#CC2EAB
Tetradic#2ECC9E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°73°

#abcc2e sits at 73°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green80.0%
Blue18.0%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
46
0x2e

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow77.5%
Key (black)20.0%

Total ink coverage is 114%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abcc2e text on a black background

contrast 11.41:1

Card sample

#abcc2e text on a white background

contrast 1.84:1

Card sample

#abcc2e on grey

1.68:1

#abcc2e on its own surface

1.75:1

#abcc2e on its dark surface

8.60:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abcc2e;
Background color
Panel with #abcc2e background
background-color: #abcc2e;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abcc2e;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 204, 46, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 204, 46, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abcc2e;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abcc2e, #42CC2E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abcc2e, #2ECC42);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abcc2e;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abcc2e;
caret-color: #abcc2e;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abcc2e;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7FAEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abcc2e;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abcc2e 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abcc2e 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, 204, 46, 0.5)
rgb(171 204 46 / 50%)
#abcc2e80
hsl(73 63% 49% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abcc2e 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abcc2e1a#F7FAEA
20%#abcc2e33#EEF5D5
40%#abcc2e66#DDEBAB
60%#abcc2e99#CDE082
80%#abcc2ecc#BCD658

Gradients from #abcc2e

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, #C0DA5D, #abcc2e 45%, #576817);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abcc2e, #2EB328);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abcc2e, #4F2ECC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CAE076 0%, #abcc2e 45%, #576817 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%, #D9A754 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #62D544 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #576817 0%, transparent 65%), #abcc2e;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abcc2e

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.

#abcc2e 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 11.41:1.

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.

#abcc2e, answered

What color is #abcc2e?

#abcc2e is a balanced vivid green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 3.4). It sits at 73° on the hue wheel with 63% saturation and 49% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #abcc2e?

rgb(171, 204, 46) — 171 red, 204 green and 46 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 80% / 18% by channel.

What is #abcc2e in HSL and HSV?

hsl(73, 63%, 49%) and hsv(73, 77%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abcc2e a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5204 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 11.41:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abcc2e?

Black. It scores 11.41:1 against #abcc2e, versus 1.84:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abcc2e accessible on a white background?

#abcc2e on white scores 1.84:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #697D1C to reach 4.5:1, or #4D5C15 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abcc2e?

#4F2ECC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2E5CCC and #9E2ECC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abcc2e?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E3EDC0 for borders, #8A9B4B for secondary text, #2930D1 as an accent and #576817 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CC9E2E and #5CCC2E stays calm, while #4F2ECC is the loudest partner.

What is #abcc2e in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(16%, 0%, 78%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abcc2e 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 #CCB32E; nudged cooler, #71CE2B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abcc2e?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 6.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abcc2e as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abcc2e in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abcc2e] or text-[#abcc2e], 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 #abcc2e with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 204, 46, 0.5), or #abcc2e80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E697; over black, #566617.

Is #abcc2e a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC33, ΔE2000 3.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abcc2e 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 #abcc2e?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C0DA5D, #abcc2e 45%, #576817). For more colour, a short hue run to #2EB328 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abcc2e in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abcc2e at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.