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#B5BF37

#b5bf37 ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b5bf37 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 74.9% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 71.2% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 64.41°, with 55.28% saturation and 48.24% 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 10.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 7.26.

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Relative luminance0.4736

Complementary

  1. #b5bf37
  2. #4137bf

Split complementary

  1. #b5bf37
  2. #3771bf
  3. #8537bf

Analogous

  1. #bf8537
  2. #b5bf37
  3. #71bf37

Triadic

  1. #b5bf37
  2. #37b5bf
  3. #bf37b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5bf37
  2. #37bf41
  3. #4137bf
  4. #bf37b5

Square

  1. #b5bf37
  2. #37bf85
  3. #4137bf
  4. #bf3771

Monochromatic

  1. #444815
  2. #7d8426
  3. #b5bf37
  4. #cdd56d
  5. #e2e6a9

Shades

#b5bf37 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5bf37
  2. #a3ac32
  3. #91992c
  4. #7f8627
  5. #6d7321
  6. #5b601c
  7. #484c16
  8. #363911
  9. #24260b
  10. #121306
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5bf37 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5bf37
  2. #bcc54b
  3. #c4cc5f
  4. #cbd273
  5. #d3d987
  6. #dadf9b
  7. #e1e5af
  8. #e9ecc3
  9. #f0f2d7
  10. #f8f9eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5bf37 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5bf37
  2. #b0b93e
  3. #aab246
  4. #a5ac4d
  5. #a0a654
  6. #9ba05c
  7. #959963
  8. #90936a
  9. #8b8d71
  10. #858679
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6ba95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb61e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb842 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1b4a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4ba2a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4bb3e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bcb886 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5bf37 {
  color: #b5bf37;
}
Background
.bg-b5bf37 {
  background-color: #b5bf37;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5bf37 {
  border: 2px solid #b5bf37;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5bf37;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 191 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 55% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5bf37 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5bf37, #71bf37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5bf37 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 191 55 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.26 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.40 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 7.92 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.26 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.71 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.75 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.03 #4a40c8 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#b5bf37  rgb(181, 191, 55)  hsl(64, 55%, 48%)  Apple Green
#4137bf  rgb(65, 55, 191)  hsl(244, 55%, 48%)  Ocean Blue
#37b5bf  rgb(55, 181, 191)  hsl(184, 55%, 48%)  Verdigris
#bf37b5  rgb(191, 55, 181)  hsl(304, 55%, 48%)  Purpureus