#bbcd32

Color #bbcd32

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 13.7 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bbcd32

RGB

rgb(187, 205, 50)

HSL

hsl(67, 60.8%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67, 75.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 75.6%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(78.73, -24.77, 69.42)

LCH

lch(78.73, 73.71, 109.64)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.17, 116.25)

HWB

hwb(67, 19.6%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4432cd

Analogous

#cd9232

#bbcd32

#6dcd32

Triadic

#bbcd32

#32bbcd

#cd32bb

Split-complementary

#bbcd32

#326dcd

#9232cd

Tetradic

#bbcd32

#32cd44

#4432cd

#cd32bb

Square

#bbcd32

#32cd92

#4432cd

#cd326d

Shades

Color #bbcd32 mixed toward black.

#9cab2a

#7d8921

#5d6719

#3e4411

#1f2208

Tints

Color #bbcd32 mixed toward white.

#c6d554

#d2de76

#dde698

#e8eebb

#f4f7dd

Tones

Color #bbcd32 mixed toward gray.

#b1c03f

#a7b34c

#9da659

#939966

#898c73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c373 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#c2c17d · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#bc9196 · ΔE 43.7

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 27.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbcd32;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbcd32]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbcd32 (#bbcd32) is rgb(187, 205, 50) in RGB.

No, #bbcd32 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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