#bbc74b

Color #bbc74b

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 19.23 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bbc74b

RGB

rgb(187, 199, 75)

HSL

hsl(65.8, 52.5%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.8, 62.3%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 0%, 62.3%, 22%)

LAB

lab(77.23, -20.46, 58.72)

LCH

lch(77.23, 62.18, 109.21)

OKLCH

oklch(79.7%, 0.1471, 114.46)

HWB

hwb(65.8, 29.4%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#574bc7

Analogous

#c7954b

#bbc74b

#7dc74b

Triadic

#bbc74b

#4bbbc7

#c74bbb

Split-complementary

#bbc74b

#4b7dc7

#954bc7

Tetradic

#bbc74b

#4bc757

#574bc7

#c74bbb

Square

#bbc74b

#4bc795

#574bc7

#c74b7d

Shades

Color #bbc74b mixed toward black.

#a2ae36

#828b2b

#616821

#414616

#20230b

Tints

Color #bbc74b mixed toward white.

#c6d069

#d2da87

#dde3a5

#e8ecc3

#f4f6e1

Tones

Color #bbc74b mixed toward gray.

#b3bd55

#aab260

#a2a86a

#9a9e74

#91937f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c079 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#c0bf81 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#bc9297 · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbc74b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbc74b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbc74b (#bbc74b) is rgb(187, 199, 75) in RGB.

No, #bbc74b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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