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#ACBB07 — Vivid Yellow

#ACBB07 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 #ACBB07 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.

#ACBB07 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 #1607BB; it also sits naturally between #BB7007 and #52BB07. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACBB07 · RGB 172, 187, 7

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Color values

HEX#ACBB07
RGB172, 187, 7
HSL65°, 93%, 38%
HSV65°, 96%, 73%
CMYK8%, 0%, 96%, 27%
XYZ34.82, 44.33, 6.92
Yxy44.33, 0.4046, 0.5150
CIE-Lab72.45, -23.46, 72.67
Hunter Lab66.58, -19.91, 38.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 73% · Blue 3%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 96% · Key 27%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACBB07 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACBB07 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACBB07

.text { color: #ACBB07; }
.background { background-color: #ACBB07; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACBB07; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 187, 7); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 93%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACBB07; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 187, 7, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACBB07; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 187, 7, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACBB07">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACBB07">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACBB07

#9EAC06#8C9906#7F8A05#6D7604#5F6704#515903#3F4502#323602#202201#121401

Tints of #ACBB07

#C7D908#E2F609#E5F722#E9F83F#ECF95D#F0FA7A#F3FB98#F6FCB0#F9FDCE#FDFEEB

Tones of #ACBB07

#A2AE13#96A121#8C942E#81883A#777B47#6B6D54

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1607BB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.13:1 Fails
Against black text9.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACBB07: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACBB07

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 #ACBB07: ·

How #ACBB07 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B2B333Deuteranopia · #B2B13DTritanopia · #AD555D

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 #ACBB07 rather than the exact color:

Tranquil Ruby Orchard
#BB6E1A · #B3B011 · #659D1E · #2DAF1E
Golden Ruby Cinder
#E31764 · #BD331F · #BF841E · #A0B713
Wild Summit
#A3B515 · #58E72E · #6DEEA5 · #9FECF4
Crimson Meadow
#9BB911 · #D4EC2E · #411CEA · #C1BDF5
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C
Vintage Opal
#ADC419 · #BCE951 · #6854E9 · #A8A6EE

Similar colors

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

#B3B011#A0B713#A3B515#9BB911#B4AD13#ADC419#A6CB12#A4CE0F#A8B61D#B3CB17#ABB91F#A6BA1F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACBB06  ·  #ACBB08 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACBB07?

#ACBB07 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 172, 187, 7). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACBB07?

#ACBB07 is RGB 172, 187, 7 — HSL 65°, 93%, 38% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 96%, 27%.

What colors go with #ACBB07?

Its complement is #1607BB; analogous partners are #BB7007 and #52BB07. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACBB07 for text?

Black text on #ACBB07 has a contrast ratio of 9.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.13:1.