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#B3BB18

#b3bb18 ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b3bb18 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 73.33% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 87.17% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 62.94°, with 77.25% saturation and 41.37% 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 10.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 7.4.

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Relative luminance0.4519

Complementary

  1. #b3bb18
  2. #2018bb

Split complementary

  1. #b3bb18
  2. #1862bb
  3. #7118bb

Analogous

  1. #bb7118
  2. #b3bb18
  3. #62bb18

Triadic

  1. #b3bb18
  2. #18b3bb
  3. #bb18b3

Tetradic

  1. #b3bb18
  2. #18bb20
  3. #2018bb
  4. #bb18b3

Square

  1. #b3bb18
  2. #18bb71
  3. #2018bb
  4. #bb1862

Monochromatic

  1. #313307
  2. #72770f
  3. #b3bb18
  4. #dde63a
  5. #e9ee7e

Shades

#b3bb18 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3bb18
  2. #a1a816
  3. #8f9613
  4. #7d8311
  5. #6b700e
  6. #5a5e0c
  7. #484b0a
  8. #363807
  9. #242505
  10. #121302
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3bb18 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3bb18
  2. #bbc22f
  3. #c2c946
  4. #cacf5d
  5. #d1d674
  6. #d9dd8c
  7. #e1e4a3
  8. #e8ebba
  9. #f0f1d1
  10. #f7f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3bb18 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3bb18
  2. #aeb522
  3. #a9af2d
  4. #a4a937
  5. #9fa342
  6. #9a9e4c
  7. #949856
  8. #8f9261
  9. #8a8c6b
  10. #858676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b68f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab52c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0af9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1b500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1b725 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bbb47f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3bb18 {
  color: #b3bb18;
}
Background
.bg-b3bb18 {
  background-color: #b3bb18;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3bb18 {
  border: 2px solid #b3bb18;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3bb18;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 187 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 77% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3bb18 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3bb18, #62bb18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3bb18 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 187 24 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.40 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.77 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.96 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.11 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 9.16 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 9.19 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 9.42 #4c44e7 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#b3bb18  rgb(179, 187, 24)  hsl(63, 77%, 41%)  Apple Green
#2018bb  rgb(32, 24, 187)  hsl(243, 77%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#18b3bb  rgb(24, 179, 187)  hsl(183, 77%, 41%)  Verdigris
#bb18b3  rgb(187, 24, 179)  hsl(303, 77%, 41%)  Purpureus