Palettes / Colors / #ABC205

#ABC205 — Vivid Yellow

#ABC205 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 #ABC205 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.

#ABC205 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 #1B05C2; it also sits naturally between #C27905 and #4DC205. 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 76% · Blue 2%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 97% · Key 24%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ABC205

.text { color: #ABC205; }
.background { background-color: #ABC205; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABC205; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 194, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(67, 95%, 39%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABC205; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 194, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABC205; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 194, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABC205">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABC205">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABC205

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Tones of #ABC205

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1B05C2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ABC205: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABC205

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 #ABC205 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 #ABC205 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

← #ABC204  ·  #ABC206 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABC205?

#ABC205 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 171, 194, 5). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABC205?

#ABC205 is RGB 171, 194, 5 — HSL 67°, 95%, 39% — CMYK 12%, 0%, 97%, 24%.

What colors go with #ABC205?

Its complement is #1B05C2; analogous partners are #C27905 and #4DC205. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABC205 for text?

Black text on #ABC205 has a contrast ratio of 10.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.01:1.