Palettes / Colors / #ABC808

#ABC808 — Vivid Yellow

#ABC808 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 #ABC808 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.

#ABC808 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 #2508C9; it also sits naturally between #C98508 and #4CC908. 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 78% · Blue 3%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 96% · Key 22%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ABC808

.text { color: #ABC808; }
.background { background-color: #ABC808; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABC808; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 200, 8); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 92%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABC808; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 200, 8, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABC808; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 200, 8, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABC808">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABC808">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2508C9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ABC808: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABC808

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 #ABC808 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 #ABC808 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABC808?

#ABC808 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 171, 200, 8). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABC808?

#ABC808 is RGB 171, 200, 8 — HSL 69°, 92%, 41% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 96%, 22%.

What colors go with #ABC808?

Its complement is #2508C9; analogous partners are #C98508 and #4CC908. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABC808 for text?

Black text on #ABC808 has a contrast ratio of 11.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.91:1.