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#ABC202 — Vivid Yellow

#ABC202 is a yellow color we call Vivid 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 #ABC202 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.

#ABC202 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 #1802C0; it also sits naturally between #C07702 and #4BC002. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABC202 · RGB 171, 194, 2

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Color values

HEX#ABC202
RGB171, 194, 2
HSL67°, 98%, 38%
HSV67°, 99%, 76%
CMYK12%, 0%, 99%, 24%
XYZ36.10, 47.25, 7.27
Yxy47.25, 0.3983, 0.5214
CIE-Lab74.35, -27.34, 74.62
Hunter Lab68.74, -23.24, 39.56

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 76% · Blue 1%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 24%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ABC202 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ABC202 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ABC202

.text { color: #ABC202; }
.background { background-color: #ABC202; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABC202; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 194, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(67, 98%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABC202; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 194, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABC202; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 194, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABC202">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABC202">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABC202

#9CB102#8A9D02#7D8D01#6B7901#5E6A01#505B01#3F4701#313801#1F2300#121400

Tints of #ABC202

#C4DE02#DFFC03#E2FD1C#E6FD3A#EAFD58#EEFE77#F2FE95#F5FEAE#F9FECD#FCFFEB

Tones of #ABC202

#9FB210#95A51D#8B972B#808A38#767C46#6B6E53

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1802C0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.01:1 Fails
Against black text10.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABC202: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABC202

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 #ABC202: ·

How #ABC202 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B5B530Deuteranopia · #B4B23CTritanopia · #AC555D

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

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ABC202 rather than the exact color:

Vintage Meadow
#BD4417 · #94720F · #A4CE0F · #39990F
Palette Fdf1db
#FDF1DB · #A6CB12 · #E00543 · #84253E
Palette Fffadc
#FFFADC · #B6F500 · #A4DD00 · #98CD00
Golden Ruby Cinder
#E31764 · #BD331F · #BF841E · #A0B713
Vintage Opal
#ADC419 · #BCE951 · #6854E9 · #A8A6EE
Crimson Meadow
#9BB911 · #D4EC2E · #411CEA · #C1BDF5

Similar colors

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

#A4CE0F#A6CB12#98CD00#A0B713#ADC419#9BB911#B3CB17#A3B515#98CB0F#B3B011#A4DD00#B7CA1A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABC201  ·  #ABC203 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABC202?

#ABC202 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 171, 194, 2). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABC202?

#ABC202 is RGB 171, 194, 2 — HSL 67°, 98%, 38% — CMYK 12%, 0%, 99%, 24%.

What colors go with #ABC202?

Its complement is #1802C0; analogous partners are #C07702 and #4BC002. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABC202 for text?

Black text on #ABC202 has a contrast ratio of 10.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.01:1.