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#abf945

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

Token name suggestion: Studio Moss

RGB
171, 249, 69
HSL
86°, 94%, 62%
CMYK
31, 0, 72, 2
Luminance
0.7684

#abf945 is a balanced electric green, 86° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.37:1). As text it scores 1.28:1 on white — use #4C8204 instead. Nearest name is Green Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(86 94% 62%)rgb(171 249 69)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abf945 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abf945
Hue
86°
green
Saturation
94%
electric
Lightness
62%
balanced
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7684
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.37:1
Closest name
Green Yellow
ΔE2000 2
Chroma
89.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.899
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 10.4
Web-safe
#99FF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue86° of 360°
Saturation94%
Lightness62%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abf945.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% 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
Red11%
Green88%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#abf945
HEX (8-digit)#abf945ff
RGBrgb(171, 249, 69)
RGBArgba(171, 249, 69, 1)
HSLhsl(86, 94%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86, 72%, 98%)
HWBhwb(86 27% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 0%, 72%, 2%)
LABlab(90.3 -49.7 74.0)
LCHlch(90.3 89.1 123.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.899 0.217 130.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(51.74, 76.84, 17.73)
Decimal11270469
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.976 0.271)
Web-safe#99FF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abf945;
background-color: #abf945;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abf945;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abf945] bg-[#abf945]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abf945;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.976, blue: 0.271)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.976, blue: 0.271, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABF945</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABF945)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABF945)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(69, 249, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 249, 69)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 249, 69)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 249, 69)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.9765f, 0.2706f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,249,69}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abf945 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abf945 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#487B04, #E2EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abf945 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: #F8FDF2;
  --brand-100: #F1FBE4;
  --brand-200: #E2FAC2;
  --brand-300: #CEFB92;
  --brand-400: #abf945;
  --brand-500: #9DF826;
  --brand-600: #8AED08;
  --brand-700: #73C606;
  --brand-800: #5C9E05;
  --brand-900: #447208;
  --brand-950: #2B4705;
  --brand: #abf945;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #9BF823;
  --brand-pressed: #8BEF08;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E2EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FDF2',
        100: '#F1FBE4',
        200: '#E2FAC2',
        300: '#CEFB92',
        400: '#abf945',
        500: '#9DF826',
        600: '#8AED08',
        700: '#73C606',
        800: '#5C9E05',
        900: '#447208',
        950: '#2B4705',
        DEFAULT: '#abf945',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FDF2,
  '100': #F1FBE4,
  '200': #E2FAC2,
  '300': #CEFB92,
  '400': #abf945,
  '500': #9DF826,
  '600': #8AED08,
  '700': #73C606,
  '800': #5C9E05,
  '900': #447208,
  '950': #2B4705,
);
$brand-base: #abf945;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F1FBE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E2FAC2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CEFB92", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#abf945", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#9DF826", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#8AED08", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#73C606", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5C9E05", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#447208", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2B4705", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abf945 · 16.37:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.37:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abf945 as text scores 1.28:1 on white and 16.37:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #487B04 at 3.98:1.

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
#4C8204 · 4.66:1
AA on white−36% L
#4C8204
The quick fox
#386003 · 7.39:1
AAA on white−43% L
#386003
The quick fox
#abf945 · 16.37:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abf945
The quick fox
#abf945 · 16.37:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abf945

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #60A505 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
#abf945 on white: 1.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abf945 on black: 16.37:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abf945 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abf945.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.28:1AaAa
Slate 501.23:1AaAa
Slate 1001.17:1AaAa
Slate 2001.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4002.00:1AaAa
Slate 5003.71:1AaAa
Slate 6005.91:1AaAa
Slate 7008.07:1AaAa
Slate 80011.40:1AaAa
Slate 90013.91:1AaAa
Black16.37:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFE721
deuteranopia · #F9E156
tritanopia · #AFEED6

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. #abf945 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.

#F8FDF2
#F1FBE4
#E2FAC2
#CEFB92
#abf945
#9DF826
#8AED08
#73C606
#5C9E05
#447208
#2B4705
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F8FDF2Darkest = 950 · #2B4705Text 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 0.054 130.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.087 130.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.130 130.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.170 130.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.200 130.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.217 130.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.217 130.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.204 130.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.183 130.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.152 130.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.120 130.5);
}

Colors that work with #abf945

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#D9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#789B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6441FD
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#487B04
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4FEE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#9BF823
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8BEF08
Two steps down
Disabled#D8E0CE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B5FF54
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 #abf945

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 #487B04
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #60A505

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight38/100
  • 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#9345F9
Analogous left#F9ED45
Analogous right#51F945
Split-complement 1#4551F9
Split-complement 2#ED45F9
Triadic 1#45ABF9
Triadic 2#F945AB
Tetradic#45F9ED
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°86°

#abf945 sits at 86°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green97.6%
Blue27.1%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
249
0xf9
B · 0–255
69
0x45

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow72.3%
Key (black)2.4%

Total ink coverage is 106%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abf945 text on a black background

contrast 16.37:1

Card sample

#abf945 text on a white background

contrast 1.28:1

Card sample

#abf945 on grey

1.17:1

#abf945 on its own surface

1.22:1

#abf945 on its dark surface

12.45:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abf945;
Background color
Panel with #abf945 background
background-color: #abf945;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abf945;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 249, 69, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 249, 69, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abf945;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abf945, #45F957);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abf945, #45F984);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abf945;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abf945;
caret-color: #abf945;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abf945;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4FEE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abf945;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abf945 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abf945 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, 249, 69, 0.5)
rgb(171 249 69 / 50%)
#abf94580
hsl(86 94% 62% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abf945 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abf9451a#F7FEEC
20%#abf94533#EEFEDA
40%#abf94566#DDFDB5
60%#abf94599#CDFB8F
80%#abf945cc#BCFA6A

Gradients from #abf945

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, #C6FB81, #abf945 45%, #487B04);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abf945, #28F84E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abf945, #9345F9);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D3FC9E 0%, #abf945 45%, #487B04 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%, #FBE777 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #63FA65 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #487B04 0%, transparent 65%), #abf945;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abf945

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.

#abf945 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 16.37:1.

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.

#abf945, answered

What color is #abf945?

#abf945 is a balanced electric green, closest to Green Yellow (ΔE2000 2). It sits at 86° on the hue wheel with 94% saturation and 62% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #abf945?

rgb(171, 249, 69) — 171 red, 249 green and 69 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 97.6% / 27.1% by channel.

What is #abf945 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(86, 94%, 62%) and hsv(86, 72%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abf945 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7684 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 16.37:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abf945?

Black. It scores 16.37:1 against #abf945, versus 1.28:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abf945 accessible on a white background?

#abf945 on white scores 1.28:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4C8204 to reach 4.5:1, or #386003 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abf945?

#9345F9 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #4551F9 and #ED45F9, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abf945?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D9EDC0 for borders, #789B4B for secondary text, #6441FD as an accent and #487B04 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F9ED45 and #51F945 stays calm, while #9345F9 is the loudest partner.

What is #abf945 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 0%, 72%, 2%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #abf945 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EDF945; nudged cooler, #68FB43.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abf945?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 10.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abf945 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abf945 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abf945] or text-[#abf945], 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 #abf945 with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 249, 69, 0.5), or #abf94580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5FCA2; over black, #567D23.

Is #abf945 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FF33, ΔE2000 2.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abf945 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 #abf945?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C6FB81, #abf945 45%, #487B04). For more colour, a short hue run to #28F84E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abf945 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abf945 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.