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#B2BB2A

#b2bb2a ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b2bb2a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 73.33% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 77.54% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 63.72°, with 63.32% saturation and 44.9% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 6.97.

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Web safe#99cc33
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Relative luminance0.4517

Complementary

  1. #b2bb2a
  2. #332abb

Split complementary

  1. #b2bb2a
  2. #2a6abb
  3. #7b2abb

Analogous

  1. #bb7b2a
  2. #b2bb2a
  3. #6abb2a

Triadic

  1. #b2bb2a
  2. #2ab2bb
  3. #bb2ab2

Tetradic

  1. #b2bb2a
  2. #2abb33
  3. #332abb
  4. #bb2ab2

Square

  1. #b2bb2a
  2. #2abb7b
  3. #332abb
  4. #bb2a6a

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3e0e
  2. #777d1c
  3. #b2bb2a
  4. #d1d958
  5. #e2e896

Shades

#b2bb2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b2bb2a
  2. #a0a826
  3. #8e9622
  4. #7d831d
  5. #6b7019
  6. #595e15
  7. #474b11
  8. #35380d
  9. #242508
  10. #121304
  11. #000000

Tints

#b2bb2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b2bb2a
  2. #bac23f
  3. #c1c955
  4. #c9cf6a
  5. #d1d67f
  6. #d9dd95
  7. #e0e4aa
  8. #e8ebbf
  9. #f0f1d4
  10. #f7f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b2bb2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b2bb2a
  2. #adb533
  3. #a8af3b
  4. #a3a944
  5. #9ea34c
  6. #999e55
  7. #94985e
  8. #8f9266
  9. #8a8c6f
  10. #858677
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b690 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b537 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #beafa0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0b617 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0b732 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bab481 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b2bb2a {
  color: #b2bb2a;
}
Background
.bg-b2bb2a {
  background-color: #b2bb2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b2bb2a {
  border: 2px solid #b2bb2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b2bb2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 187 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 63% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b2bb2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2bb2a, #6abb2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b2bb2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 187 42 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.97 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.49 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 8.60 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.72 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.72 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.13 #4d44d5 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#b2bb2a  rgb(178, 187, 42)  hsl(64, 63%, 45%)  Apple Green
#332abb  rgb(51, 42, 187)  hsl(244, 63%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#2ab2bb  rgb(42, 178, 187)  hsl(184, 63%, 45%)  Verdigris
#bb2ab2  rgb(187, 42, 178)  hsl(304, 63%, 45%)  Purpureus