#bbbb34

Color #bbbb34

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 22.52 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 13.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbb34

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 52)

HSL

hsl(60, 56.5%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 72.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.2%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(73.77, -15.78, 64.11)

LCH

lch(73.77, 66.02, 103.83)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.1502, 109.45)

HWB

hwb(60, 20.4%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3434bb

Analogous

#bb7834

#bbbb34

#78bb34

Triadic

#bbbb34

#34bbbb

#bb34bb

Split-complementary

#bbbb34

#3478bb

#7834bb

Tetradic

#bbbb34

#34bb34

#3434bb

#bb34bb

Square

#bbbb34

#34bb78

#3434bb

#bb3478

Shades

Color #bbbb34 mixed toward black.

#9c9c2b

#7d7d23

#5e5e1a

#3e3e11

#1f1f09

Tints

Color #bbbb34 mixed toward white.

#cece4e

#d8d872

#e2e295

#ebebb8

#f5f5dc

Tones

Color #bbbb34 mixed toward gray.

#b0b03f

#a5a54b

#999956

#8e8e61

#83836c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbb6b · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#bbbb74 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#bb858a · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbb34;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbb34]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbb34 (#bbbb34) is rgb(187, 187, 52) in RGB.

No, #bbbb34 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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