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#abcf50

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

Token name suggestion: True Basil

RGB
171, 207, 80
HSL
77°, 57%, 56%
CMYK
17, 0, 61, 19
Luminance
0.5386

#abcf50 is a balanced vivid green, 77° on the wheel and 39/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.77:1). As text it scores 1.78:1 on white — use #647D22 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(77 57% 56%)rgb(171 207 80)Base step 500AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abcf50 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abcf50
Hue
77°
green
Saturation
57%
vivid
Lightness
56%
balanced
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5386
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
39/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.77:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 3.2
Chroma
65.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.803
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 6.1
Web-safe
#99CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue77° of 360°
Saturation57%
Lightness56%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abcf50.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool39% 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
Red16%
Green83%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#abcf50
HEX (8-digit)#abcf50ff
RGBrgb(171, 207, 80)
RGBArgba(171, 207, 80, 1)
HSLhsl(77, 57%, 56%)
HSV / HSBhsv(77, 61%, 81%)
HWBhwb(77 31% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 0%, 61%, 19%)
LABlab(78.4 -30.4 57.5)
LCHlch(78.4 65.1 117.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.803 0.159 123.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.56, 53.86, 15.85)
Decimal11259728
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.812 0.314)
Web-safe#99CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abcf50;
background-color: #abcf50;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abcf50;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abcf50] bg-[#abcf50]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abcf50;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.812, blue: 0.314)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.812, blue: 0.314, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABCF50</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABCF50)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABCF50)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(80, 207, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 207, 80)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 207, 80)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 207, 80)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.8118f, 0.3137f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,207,80}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abcf50 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abcf50 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4F641B, #E6EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abcf50 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: #F3F7E9;
  --brand-200: #E5EECD;
  --brand-300: #D5E7A7;
  --brand-400: #C0DB7B;
  --brand-500: #abcf50;
  --brand-600: #99C035;
  --brand-700: #7FA02C;
  --brand-800: #668023;
  --brand-900: #4B5D1D;
  --brand-950: #2F3A12;
  --brand: #abcf50;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E0EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #9DC536;
  --brand-pressed: #87A92E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #202414;
    --brand-ink: #E6EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FBF4',
        100: '#F3F7E9',
        200: '#E5EECD',
        300: '#D5E7A7',
        400: '#C0DB7B',
        500: '#abcf50',
        600: '#99C035',
        700: '#7FA02C',
        800: '#668023',
        900: '#4B5D1D',
        950: '#2F3A12',
        DEFAULT: '#abcf50',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FBF4,
  '100': #F3F7E9,
  '200': #E5EECD,
  '300': #D5E7A7,
  '400': #C0DB7B,
  '500': #abcf50,
  '600': #99C035,
  '700': #7FA02C,
  '800': #668023,
  '900': #4B5D1D,
  '950': #2F3A12,
);
$brand-base: #abcf50;
$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": "#F3F7E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E5EECD", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D5E7A7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C0DB7B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#abcf50", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#99C035", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#7FA02C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#668023", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4B5D1D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2F3A12", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abcf50 · 11.77:1
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 · 11.77:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abcf50 as text scores 1.78:1 on white and 11.77:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4F641B at 3.71:1.

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
#647D22 · 4.67:1
AA on white−25% L
#647D22
The quick fox
#4A5D1A · 7.31:1
AAA on white−33% L
#4A5D1A
The quick fox
#abcf50 · 11.77:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abcf50
The quick fox
#abcf50 · 11.77:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abcf50

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7D9D2B 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
#abcf50 on white: 1.78:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abcf50 on black: 11.77:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abcf50 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abcf50.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.78:1AaAa
Slate 501.70:1AaAa
Slate 1001.63:1AaAa
Slate 2001.45:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4001.44:1AaAa
Slate 5002.67:1AaAa
Slate 6004.25:1AaAa
Slate 7005.80:1AaAa
Slate 8008.20:1AaAa
Slate 90010.01:1AaAa
Black11.77:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DAC341
deuteranopia · #D5C259
tritanopia · #B3C5B4

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. #abcf50 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
#F3F7E9
#E5EECD
#D5E7A7
#C0DB7B
#abcf50
#99C035
#7FA02C
#668023
#4B5D1D
#2F3A12
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F9FBF4Darkest = 950 · #2F3A12Text 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 0.040 123.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.063 123.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.095 123.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.124 123.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.146 123.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.159 123.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.159 123.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.149 123.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.133 123.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.111 123.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.087 123.4);
}

Colors that work with #abcf50

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#E0EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#849B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#504CD4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4F641B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5FAEB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#202414
Dark-mode background
Hover#9DC536
One step down in lightness
Pressed#87A92E
Two steps down
Disabled#CDD4BB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B7DE56
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 #abcf50

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 #4F641B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7D9D2B

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
  • Weight44/100
  • 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#7450CF
Analogous left#CFB450
Analogous right#6CCF50
Split-complement 1#506CCF
Split-complement 2#B450CF
Triadic 1#50ABCF
Triadic 2#CF50AB
Tetradic#50CFB4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°77°

#abcf50 sits at 77°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green81.2%
Blue31.4%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
207
0xcf
B · 0–255
80
0x50

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow61.4%
Key (black)18.8%

Total ink coverage is 98%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abcf50 text on a black background

contrast 11.77:1

Card sample

#abcf50 text on a white background

contrast 1.78:1

Card sample

#abcf50 on grey

1.63:1

#abcf50 on its own surface

1.70:1

#abcf50 on its dark surface

8.89:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abcf50;
Background color
Panel with #abcf50 background
background-color: #abcf50;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abcf50;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 207, 80, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 207, 80, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abcf50;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abcf50, #56CF50);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abcf50, #50CF69);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abcf50;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abcf50;
caret-color: #abcf50;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abcf50;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5FAEB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abcf50;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abcf50 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abcf50 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, 207, 80, 0.5)
rgb(171 207 80 / 50%)
#abcf5080
hsl(77 57% 56% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abcf50 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abcf501a#F7FAEE
20%#abcf5033#EEF5DC
40%#abcf5066#DDECB9
60%#abcf5099#CDE296
80%#abcf50cc#BCD973

Gradients from #abcf50

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, #C2DC80, #abcf50 45%, #4F641B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abcf50, #38C93D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abcf50, #7450CF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CEE398 0%, #abcf50 45%, #4F641B 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%, #DABD78 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #77D668 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4F641B 0%, transparent 65%), #abcf50;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abcf50

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.

#abcf50 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 11.77:1.

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.

#abcf50, answered

What color is #abcf50?

#abcf50 is a balanced vivid green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 3.2). It sits at 77° on the hue wheel with 57% saturation and 56% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #abcf50?

rgb(171, 207, 80) — 171 red, 207 green and 80 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 81.2% / 31.4% by channel.

What is #abcf50 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(77, 57%, 56%) and hsv(77, 61%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abcf50 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5386 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 11.77:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abcf50?

Black. It scores 11.77:1 against #abcf50, versus 1.78:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abcf50 accessible on a white background?

#abcf50 on white scores 1.78:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #647D22 to reach 4.5:1, or #4A5D1A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abcf50?

#7450CF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #506CCF and #B450CF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abcf50?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E0EDC0 for borders, #849B4B for secondary text, #504CD4 as an accent and #4F641B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CFB450 and #6CCF50 stays calm, while #7450CF is the loudest partner.

What is #abcf50 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(17%, 0%, 61%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abcf50 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 39 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CFC450; nudged cooler, #7CD14E.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abcf50?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 6.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abcf50 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abcf50 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abcf50] or text-[#abcf50], 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 #abcf50 with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 207, 80, 0.5), or #abcf5080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E7A8; over black, #566828.

Is #abcf50 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC66, ΔE2000 5.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abcf50 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 #abcf50?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C2DC80, #abcf50 45%, #4F641B). For more colour, a short hue run to #38C93D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abcf50 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abcf50 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.