Palettes / Colors / #ABB014

#ABB014 — Vivid Yellow

#ABB014 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 #ABB014 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.

#ABB014 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 #1913AE; it also sits naturally between #AE6613 and #5CAE13. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 69% · Blue 8%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 89% · Key 31%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ABB014

.text { color: #ABB014; }
.background { background-color: #ABB014; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABB014; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 176, 20); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 80%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABB014; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 176, 20, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABB014; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 176, 20, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABB014">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABB014">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABB014

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #1913AE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ABB014: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABB014

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:

How #ABB014 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ABB014 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABB013  ·  #ABB015 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABB014?

#ABB014 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 171, 176, 20). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABB014?

#ABB014 is RGB 171, 176, 20 — HSL 62°, 80%, 38% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 89%, 31%.

What colors go with #ABB014?

Its complement is #1913AE; analogous partners are #AE6613 and #5CAE13. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABB014 for text?

Black text on #ABB014 has a contrast ratio of 8.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.35:1.