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#abcc7b

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Fern

RGB
171, 204, 123
HSL
84°, 44%, 64%
CMYK
16, 0, 40, 20
Luminance
0.5327

#abcc7b is a balanced soft green, 84° on the wheel and 45/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.65:1). As text it scores 1.80:1 on white — use #5E7D30 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(84 44% 64%)rgb(171 204 123)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abcc7b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abcc7b
Hue
84°
green
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
64%
balanced
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5327
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
45/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.65:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 9
Chroma
44.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.802
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 10.8
Web-safe
#99CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue84° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness64%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abcc7b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool45% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red16%
Green81%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#abcc7b
HEX (8-digit)#abcc7bff
RGBrgb(171, 204, 123)
RGBArgba(171, 204, 123, 1)
HSLhsl(84, 44%, 64%)
HSV / HSBhsv(84, 40%, 80%)
HWBhwb(84 48% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 0%, 40%, 20%)
LABlab(78.0 -24.6 36.8)
LCHlch(78.0 44.3 123.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.802 0.113 126.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(41.96, 53.27, 26.81)
Decimal11259003
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.800 0.482)
Web-safe#99CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abcc7b;
background-color: #abcc7b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abcc7b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abcc7b] bg-[#abcc7b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abcc7b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.800, blue: 0.482)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.800, blue: 0.482, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABCC7B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABCC7B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABCC7B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(123, 204, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 204, 123)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 204, 123)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 204, 123)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.8000f, 0.4824f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,204,123}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abcc7b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abcc7b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#455C24, #E3EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abcc7b 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: #F1F5EA;
  --brand-200: #E0EBD1;
  --brand-300: #CCE0AE;
  --brand-400: #abcc7b;
  --brand-500: #98C15D;
  --brand-600: #85B144;
  --brand-700: #6E9339;
  --brand-800: #58762D;
  --brand-900: #425624;
  --brand-950: #293617;
  --brand: #abcc7b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DAE8C4;
  --brand-hover: #9BC261;
  --brand-pressed: #8AB847;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1E2414;
    --brand-ink: #E3EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FAF5',
        100: '#F1F5EA',
        200: '#E0EBD1',
        300: '#CCE0AE',
        400: '#abcc7b',
        500: '#98C15D',
        600: '#85B144',
        700: '#6E9339',
        800: '#58762D',
        900: '#425624',
        950: '#293617',
        DEFAULT: '#abcc7b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FAF5,
  '100': #F1F5EA,
  '200': #E0EBD1,
  '300': #CCE0AE,
  '400': #abcc7b,
  '500': #98C15D,
  '600': #85B144,
  '700': #6E9339,
  '800': #58762D,
  '900': #425624,
  '950': #293617,
);
$brand-base: #abcc7b;
$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": "#F1F5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E0EBD1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CCE0AE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#abcc7b", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#98C15D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#85B144", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#6E9339", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#58762D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#425624", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#293617", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abcc7b · 11.65:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.80:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.65:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abcc7b as text scores 1.80:1 on white and 11.65:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #455C24 at 4.15:1.

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
#5E7D30 · 4.72:1
AA on white−30% L
#5E7D30
The quick fox
#486025 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−38% L
#486025
The quick fox
#abcc7b · 11.65:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abcc7b
The quick fox
#abcc7b · 11.65:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abcc7b

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #779F3D 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
#abcc7b on white: 1.80:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abcc7b on black: 11.65:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abcc7b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abcc7b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.80:1AaAa
Slate 501.72:1AaAa
Slate 1001.64:1AaAa
Slate 2001.46:1AaAa
Slate 3001.21:1AaAa
Slate 4001.42:1AaAa
Slate 5002.64:1AaAa
Slate 6004.21:1AaAa
Slate 7005.75:1AaAa
Slate 8008.12:1AaAa
Slate 9009.91:1AaAa
Black11.65:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D4C275
deuteranopia · #CFC07F
tritanopia · #AFC5B8

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. #abcc7b is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8FAF5
#F1F5EA
#E0EBD1
#CCE0AE
#abcc7b
#98C15D
#85B144
#6E9339
#58762D
#425624
#293617
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F8FAF5Darkest = 950 · #293617Text 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 0.028 126.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 126.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.068 126.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.088 126.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.104 126.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.113 126.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.113 126.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.106 126.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.095 126.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.079 126.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.062 126.9);
}

Colors that work with #abcc7b

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#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#DAE8C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#7A9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#8577D0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#455C24
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3F8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1E2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#9BC261
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8AB847
Two steps down
Disabled#DDE3D4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B6DA81
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 #abcc7b

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 #455C24
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #779F3D

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
  • Weight36/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#9C7BCC
Analogous left#CCC47B
Analogous right#82CC7B
Split-complement 1#7B82CC
Split-complement 2#C47BCC
Triadic 1#7BABCC
Triadic 2#CC7BAB
Tetradic#7BCCC4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°84°

#abcc7b sits at 84°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green80.0%
Blue48.2%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
123
0x7b

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow39.7%
Key (black)20.0%

Total ink coverage is 76%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abcc7b text on a black background

contrast 11.65:1

Card sample

#abcc7b text on a white background

contrast 1.80:1

Card sample

#abcc7b on grey

1.64:1

#abcc7b on its own surface

1.71:1

#abcc7b on its dark surface

8.85:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abcc7b;
Background color
Panel with #abcc7b background
background-color: #abcc7b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abcc7b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 204, 123, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 204, 123, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abcc7b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abcc7b, #7BCC81);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abcc7b, #7BCC95);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abcc7b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abcc7b;
caret-color: #abcc7b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abcc7b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3F8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abcc7b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abcc7b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abcc7b 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, 123, 0.5)
rgb(171 204 123 / 50%)
#abcc7b80
hsl(84 44% 64% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abcc7b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abcc7b1a#F7FAF2
20%#abcc7b33#EEF5E5
40%#abcc7b66#DDEBCA
60%#abcc7b99#CDE0B0
80%#abcc7bcc#BCD695

Gradients from #abcc7b

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, #C7DDA7, #abcc7b 45%, #455C24);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abcc7b, #65C374);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abcc7b, #9C7BCC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D5E6BD 0%, #abcc7b 45%, #455C24 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DAD0A0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #92D591 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #455C24 0%, transparent 65%), #abcc7b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abcc7b

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.

#abcc7b 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 11.65:1.

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.

#abcc7b, answered

What color is #abcc7b?

#abcc7b is a balanced soft green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 9). It sits at 84° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 64% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #abcc7b?

rgb(171, 204, 123) — 171 red, 204 green and 123 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 80% / 48.2% by channel.

What is #abcc7b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(84, 44%, 64%) and hsv(84, 40%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abcc7b a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5327 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 11.65:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abcc7b?

Black. It scores 11.65:1 against #abcc7b, versus 1.80:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abcc7b accessible on a white background?

#abcc7b on white scores 1.80:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5E7D30 to reach 4.5:1, or #486025 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abcc7b?

#9C7BCC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7B82CC and #C47BCC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abcc7b?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #DAE8C4 for borders, #7A9B4B for secondary text, #8577D0 as an accent and #455C24 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CCC47B and #82CC7B stays calm, while #9C7BCC is the loudest partner.

What is #abcc7b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(16%, 0%, 40%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abcc7b warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 45 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C9CC7B; nudged cooler, #8CCE79.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abcc7b?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 10.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abcc7b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abcc7b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abcc7b] or text-[#abcc7b], 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 #abcc7b with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 204, 123, 0.5), or #abcc7b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E6BD; over black, #56663E.

Is #abcc7b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC66, ΔE2000 4.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abcc7b 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 #abcc7b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C7DDA7, #abcc7b 45%, #455C24). For more colour, a short hue run to #65C374 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abcc7b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abcc7b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.