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#abce76

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

Token name suggestion: Signal Jade

RGB
171, 206, 118
HSL
84°, 47%, 64%
CMYK
17, 0, 43, 19
Luminance
0.5411

#abce76 is a balanced vivid green, 84° on the wheel and 45/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.82:1). As text it scores 1.78:1 on white — use #5E7E2D instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(84 47% 64%)rgb(171 206 118)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abce76 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abce76
Hue
84°
green
Saturation
47%
vivid
Lightness
64%
balanced
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
74%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5411
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
45/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.82:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 8
Chroma
47.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.806
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 9.8
Web-safe
#99CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue84° of 360°
Saturation47%
Lightness64%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abce76.

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%
Green82%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#abce76
HEX (8-digit)#abce76ff
RGBrgb(171, 206, 118)
RGBArgba(171, 206, 118, 1)
HSLhsl(84, 47%, 64%)
HSV / HSBhsv(84, 43%, 81%)
HWBhwb(84 46% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 0%, 43%, 19%)
LABlab(78.5 -26.2 39.9)
LCHlch(78.5 47.7 123.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.806 0.121 126.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.14, 54.11, 25.36)
Decimal11259510
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.808 0.463)
Web-safe#99CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abce76;
background-color: #abce76;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abce76;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abce76] bg-[#abce76]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abce76;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.808, blue: 0.463)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.808, blue: 0.463, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABCE76</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABCE76)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABCE76)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(118, 206, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 206, 118)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 206, 118)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 206, 118)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.8078f, 0.4627f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,206,118}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abce76 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abce76 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#465E22, #E3EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abce76 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: #E1ECD0;
  --brand-300: #CCE1AC;
  --brand-400: #abce76;
  --brand-500: #9AC45A;
  --brand-600: #86B441;
  --brand-700: #709636;
  --brand-800: #59782B;
  --brand-900: #435823;
  --brand-950: #2A3716;
  --brand: #abce76;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DAE9C3;
  --brand-hover: #9BC55C;
  --brand-pressed: #8ABA43;
}
@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: '#E1ECD0',
        300: '#CCE1AC',
        400: '#abce76',
        500: '#9AC45A',
        600: '#86B441',
        700: '#709636',
        800: '#59782B',
        900: '#435823',
        950: '#2A3716',
        DEFAULT: '#abce76',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FAF5,
  '100': #F1F5EA,
  '200': #E1ECD0,
  '300': #CCE1AC,
  '400': #abce76,
  '500': #9AC45A,
  '600': #86B441,
  '700': #709636,
  '800': #59782B,
  '900': #435823,
  '950': #2A3716,
);
$brand-base: #abce76;
$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": "#E1ECD0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CCE1AC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#abce76", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#9AC45A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#86B441", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#709636", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#59782B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#435823", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2A3716", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abce76 · 11.82:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.82:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abce76 as text scores 1.78:1 on white and 11.82:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #465E22 at 4.10:1.

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
#5E7E2D · 4.67:1
AA on white−30% L
#5E7E2D
The quick fox
#476022 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−38% L
#476022
The quick fox
#abce76 · 11.82:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abce76
The quick fox
#abce76 · 11.82:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abce76

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #77A039 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
#abce76 on white: 1.78:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abce76 on black: 11.82:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abce76 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abce76.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.78:1AaAa
Slate 501.70:1AaAa
Slate 1001.62:1AaAa
Slate 2001.44:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4001.44:1AaAa
Slate 5002.68:1AaAa
Slate 6004.27:1AaAa
Slate 7005.83:1AaAa
Slate 8008.24:1AaAa
Slate 90010.05:1AaAa
Black11.82:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D6C46F
deuteranopia · #D1C27B
tritanopia · #B0C7B9

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. #abce76 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
#E1ECD0
#CCE1AC
#abce76
#9AC45A
#86B441
#709636
#59782B
#435823
#2A3716
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F8FAF5Darkest = 950 · #2A3716Text 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 0.030 126.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.048 126.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.073 126.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.094 126.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.111 126.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.121 126.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.121 126.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.114 126.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.102 126.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.085 126.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.067 126.7);
}

Colors that work with #abce76

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#DAE9C3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#7B9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#8072D2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#465E22
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3F8EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1E2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#9BC55C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8ABA43
Two steps down
Disabled#DCE2D2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B6DC7D
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 #abce76

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 #465E22
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #77A039

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
  • Weight37/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#9976CE
Analogous left#CEC576
Analogous right#7FCE76
Split-complement 1#767FCE
Split-complement 2#C576CE
Triadic 1#76ABCE
Triadic 2#CE76AB
Tetradic#76CEC5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°84°

#abce76 sits at 84°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green80.8%
Blue46.3%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
206
0xce
B · 0–255
118
0x76

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow42.7%
Key (black)19.2%

Total ink coverage is 79%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abce76 text on a black background

contrast 11.82:1

Card sample

#abce76 text on a white background

contrast 1.78:1

Card sample

#abce76 on grey

1.62:1

#abce76 on its own surface

1.69:1

#abce76 on its dark surface

8.97:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abce76;
Background color
Panel with #abce76 background
background-color: #abce76;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abce76;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 206, 118, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 206, 118, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abce76;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abce76, #76CE7C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abce76, #76CE92);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abce76;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abce76;
caret-color: #abce76;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abce76;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3F8EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abce76;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abce76 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abce76 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, 206, 118, 0.5)
rgb(171 206 118 / 50%)
#abce7680
hsl(84 47% 64% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abce76 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abce761a#F7FAF1
20%#abce7633#EEF5E4
40%#abce7666#DDEBC8
60%#abce7699#CDE2AD
80%#abce76cc#BCD891

Gradients from #abce76

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, #C7DEA3, #abce76 45%, #465E22);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abce76, #5FC66F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abce76, #9976CE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D4E6BA 0%, #abce76 45%, #465E22 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%, #DBD09B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8ED68C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #465E22 0%, transparent 65%), #abce76;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abce76

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.

#abce76 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 11.82:1.

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.

#abce76, answered

What color is #abce76?

#abce76 is a balanced vivid green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 8). It sits at 84° on the hue wheel with 47% saturation and 64% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #abce76?

rgb(171, 206, 118) — 171 red, 206 green and 118 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 80.8% / 46.3% by channel.

What is #abce76 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(84, 47%, 64%) and hsv(84, 43%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abce76 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5411 and perceived brightness is 74%, so black text on it reaches 11.82:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abce76?

Black. It scores 11.82:1 against #abce76, versus 1.78:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abce76 accessible on a white background?

#abce76 on white scores 1.78:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5E7E2D to reach 4.5:1, or #476022 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abce76?

#9976CE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #767FCE and #C576CE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abce76?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #DAE9C3 for borders, #7B9B4B for secondary text, #8072D2 as an accent and #465E22 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CEC576 and #7FCE76 stays calm, while #9976CE is the loudest partner.

What is #abce76 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(17%, 0%, 43%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abce76 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 #CBCE76; nudged cooler, #8AD074.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abce76?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 9.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abce76 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abce76 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abce76] or text-[#abce76], 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 #abce76 with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 206, 118, 0.5), or #abce7680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E7BB; over black, #56673B.

Is #abce76 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC66, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abce76 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 #abce76?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C7DEA3, #abce76 45%, #465E22). For more colour, a short hue run to #5FC66F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abce76 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abce76 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.