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#ABA600 — Vivid Yellow

#ABA600 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color DarkGoldenRod (#B8860B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgoldenrod (#B8860B) — not an exact match. CSS darkgoldenrod gives you #B8860B, a different color; use #ABA600 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#ABA600 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0006AD; it also sits naturally between #AD5100 and #5CAD00. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABA600 · RGB 171, 166, 0

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Color values

HEX#ABA600
RGB171, 166, 0
HSL58°, 100%, 34%
HSV58°, 100%, 67%
CMYK0%, 3%, 100%, 33%
XYZ30.43, 35.93, 5.33
Yxy35.93, 0.4245, 0.5012
CIE-Lab66.47, -13.41, 69.02
Hunter Lab59.94, -11.25, 34.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 65% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 100% · Key 33%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #ABA600 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ABA600 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ABA600

.text { color: #ABA600; }
.background { background-color: #ABA600; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABA600; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 166, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 100%, 34%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABA600; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 166, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABA600; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 166, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABA600">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABA600">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABA600

#9E9900#8F8A00#807B00#706C00#615E00#524F00#424000#333100#242300#141400

Tints of #ABA600

#CCC500#EBE300#FFF70F#FFF82E#FFF94D#FFFA6B#FFFB8A#FFFCAD#FFFDCC#FFFEEB

Tones of #ABA600

#A19C0C#949019#888525#7C7931#706E3E#63624B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0006AD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.57:1 Fails
Against black text8.19:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABA600: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABA600

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #ABA600: ·

How #ABA600 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A9A928Deuteranopia · #A9AA32Tritanopia · #AB484F

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind yellow 600 · #CA8A04Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ABA600 rather than the exact color:

Golden Whisper
#AC9C12 · #D5EB46 · #1E33E7 · #CBC8F6
Tranquil Ruby Orchard
#BB6E1A · #B3B011 · #659D1E · #2DAF1E
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C
Scarlet Voyage
#A9A417 · #92E850 · #19E038 · #54E1BF
Vivid Meadow
#821929 · #56290C · #9F9810 · #325510
Royal Orchard
#DF991B · #999E11 · #3D610E · #39CD1B

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#AC9C12#B3B011#B4AD13#A9A417#9F9810#999E11#A3B515#A0B713#9E9B16#B29919#BFA815#9BB911

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABA5FF  ·  #ABA601 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABA600?

#ABA600 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 171, 166, 0). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABA600?

#ABA600 is RGB 171, 166, 0 — HSL 58°, 100%, 34% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 100%, 33%.

What colors go with #ABA600?

Its complement is #0006AD; analogous partners are #AD5100 and #5CAD00. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABA600 for text?

Black text on #ABA600 has a contrast ratio of 8.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.57:1.