#bbca4d

Color #bbca4d

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 18.04 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bbca4d

RGB

rgb(187, 202, 77)

HSL

hsl(67.2, 54.1%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.2, 61.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 61.9%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(78.08, -21.8, 58.79)

LCH

lch(78.08, 62.7, 110.35)

OKLCH

oklch(80.4%, 0.1489, 115.62)

HWB

hwb(67.2, 30.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c4dca

Analogous

#ca9a4d

#bbca4d

#7cca4d

Triadic

#bbca4d

#4dbbca

#ca4dbb

Split-complementary

#bbca4d

#4d7cca

#9a4dca

Tetradic

#bbca4d

#4dca5c

#5c4dca

#ca4dbb

Square

#bbca4d

#4dca9a

#5c4dca

#ca4d7c

Shades

Color #bbca4d mixed toward black.

#a4b335

#838f2b

#626b20

#424815

#21240b

Tints

Color #bbca4d mixed toward white.

#c6d36b

#d2dc88

#dde4a6

#e8edc4

#f4f6e1

Tones

Color #bbca4d mixed toward gray.

#b3c057

#abb562

#a3ab6c

#9ba077

#939681

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c27b · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#c1c084 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#bc9499 · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbca4d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbca4d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbca4d (#bbca4d) is rgb(187, 202, 77) in RGB.

No, #bbca4d 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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