#bbbb30

Color #bbbb30

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 22.23 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 13.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbb30

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 48)

HSL

hsl(60, 59.1%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 74.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.3%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(73.75, -15.96, 65.44)

LCH

lch(73.75, 67.36, 103.71)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.1524, 109.5)

HWB

hwb(60, 18.8%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3030bb

Analogous

#bb7630

#bbbb30

#76bb30

Triadic

#bbbb30

#30bbbb

#bb30bb

Split-complementary

#bbbb30

#3076bb

#7630bb

Tetradic

#bbbb30

#30bb30

#3030bb

#bb30bb

Square

#bbbb30

#30bb76

#3030bb

#bb3076

Shades

Color #bbbb30 mixed toward black.

#9c9c28

#7d7d20

#5e5e18

#3e3e10

#1f1f08

Tints

Color #bbbb30 mixed toward white.

#d0d049

#dada6d

#e3e392

#ececb6

#f6f6db

Tones

Color #bbbb30 mixed toward gray.

#afaf3c

#a4a447

#989853

#8d8d5e

#81816a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbb69 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#bbbb72 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#bb8489 · ΔE 42.7

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbb30;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbb30]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbb30 (#bbbb30) is rgb(187, 187, 48) in RGB.

No, #bbbb30 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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