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#ABC900 — Vivid Yellow

#ABC900 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 #ABC900 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.

#ABC900 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 #1E00C7; it also sits naturally between #C78100 and #46C700. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABC900 · RGB 171, 201, 0

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Color values

HEX#ABC900
RGB171, 201, 0
HSL69°, 100%, 39%
HSV69°, 100%, 79%
CMYK15%, 0%, 100%, 21%
XYZ37.68, 50.43, 7.75
Yxy50.43, 0.3931, 0.5261
CIE-Lab76.33, -30.68, 76.32
Hunter Lab71.01, -26.18, 40.89

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 79% · Blue 0%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 21%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ABC900 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ABC900 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ABC900

.text { color: #ABC900; }
.background { background-color: #ABC900; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABC900; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 201, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 100%, 39%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABC900; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 201, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABC900; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 201, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABC900">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABC900">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABC900

#9CB800#8BA300#7E9400#6C8000#5F7000#4E5C00#414D00#303800#232900#111400

Tints of #ABC900

#C3E600#D9FF00#DDFF1F#E2FF3D#E7FF5C#EAFF75#EFFF94#F4FFB3#F7FFCC#FCFFEB

Tones of #ABC900

#9FB90E#95AA1D#8B9C2B#818E39#788047#6D7156

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1E00C7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.09:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABC900: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABC900

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 #ABC900: ·

How #ABC900 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B8B831Deuteranopia · #B6B43CTritanopia · #AD575F

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 500 · #EAB308Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ABC900 rather than the exact color:

Vintage Meadow
#BD4417 · #94720F · #A4CE0F · #39990F
Palette Fdf1db
#FDF1DB · #A6CB12 · #E00543 · #84253E
Palette Fffadc
#FFFADC · #B6F500 · #A4DD00 · #98CD00
Tranquil Monsoon
#ECB047 · #98CB0F · #6BF05D · #11D87C
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Vintage Opal
#ADC419 · #BCE951 · #6854E9 · #A8A6EE

Similar colors

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

#A4CE0F#A6CB12#98CD00#A4DD00#98CB0F#B3CB17#ADC419#9BB911#A0B713#B7CA1A#94C913#A3B515

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABC8FF  ·  #ABC901 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABC900?

#ABC900 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 171, 201, 0). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABC900?

#ABC900 is RGB 171, 201, 0 — HSL 69°, 100%, 39% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 100%, 21%.

What colors go with #ABC900?

Its complement is #1E00C7; analogous partners are #C78100 and #46C700. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABC900 for text?

Black text on #ABC900 has a contrast ratio of 11.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.