Palettes / Colors / #ABC022

#ABC022 — Yellow

#ABC022 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #ABC022 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.

#ABC022 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 #3722BF; it also sits naturally between #BF8522 and #5BBF22. 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 75% · Blue 13%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 82% · Key 25%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ABC022

.text { color: #ABC022; }
.background { background-color: #ABC022; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABC022; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 192, 34); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 70%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABC022; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 192, 34, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABC022; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 192, 34, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABC022">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABC022">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #3722BF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ABC022: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABC022

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 #ABC022 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 #ABC022 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

← #ABC021  ·  #ABC023 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABC022?

#ABC022 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 171, 192, 34). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABC022?

#ABC022 is RGB 171, 192, 34 — HSL 68°, 70%, 44% — CMYK 11%, 0%, 82%, 25%.

What colors go with #ABC022?

Its complement is #3722BF; analogous partners are #BF8522 and #5BBF22. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABC022 for text?

Black text on #ABC022 has a contrast ratio of 10.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.04:1.