#bbd20c

Color #bbd20c

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 15.77 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bbd20c

RGB

rgb(187, 210, 12)

HSL

hsl(67, 89.2%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67, 94.3%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 0%, 94.3%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(80, -28.17, 78.43)

LCH

lch(80, 83.34, 109.76)

OKLCH

oklch(81.8%, 0.1876, 117.45)

HWB

hwb(67, 4.7%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#230cd2

Analogous

#d2860c

#bbd20c

#58d20c

Triadic

#bbd20c

#0cbbd2

#d20cbb

Split-complementary

#bbd20c

#0c58d2

#860cd2

Tetradic

#bbd20c

#0cd223

#230cd2

#d20cbb

Square

#bbd20c

#0cd286

#230cd2

#d20c58

Shades

Color #bbd20c mixed toward black.

#9caf0a

#7d8c08

#5d6906

#3e4604

#1f2302

Tints

Color #bbd20c mixed toward white.

#d9f21c

#e1f549

#e8f777

#f0faa4

#f7fcd2

Tones

Color #bbd20c mixed toward gray.

#aec11c

#a1b12d

#95a03d

#88904e

#7c7f5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c5c66f · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#c4c27a · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#bc9197 · ΔE 46.1

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 29

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbd20c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbd20c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbd20c (#bbd20c) is rgb(187, 210, 12) in RGB.

No, #bbd20c 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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