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#B5C021

#b5c021 ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b5c021 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 75.29% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.73% cyan, 0% magenta, 82.81% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 64.15°, with 70.67% saturation and 44.12% 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 10.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 7.33.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4763

Complementary

  1. #b5c021
  2. #2c21c0

Split complementary

  1. #b5c021
  2. #2166c0
  3. #7c21c0

Analogous

  1. #c07c21
  2. #b5c021
  3. #66c021

Triadic

  1. #b5c021
  2. #21b5c0
  3. #c021b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5c021
  2. #21c02c
  3. #2c21c0
  4. #c021b5

Square

  1. #b5c021
  2. #21c07c
  3. #2c21c0
  4. #c02166

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3d0b
  2. #777f16
  3. #b5c021
  4. #d6e04d
  5. #e5ec8e

Shades

#b5c021 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5c021
  2. #a3ad1e
  3. #919a1a
  4. #7f8617
  5. #6d7314
  6. #5b6011
  7. #484d0d
  8. #363a0a
  9. #242607
  10. #121303
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5c021 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5c021
  2. #bcc637
  3. #c4cd4d
  4. #cbd364
  5. #d3d97a
  6. #dae090
  7. #e1e6a6
  8. #e9ecbc
  9. #f0f2d3
  10. #f8f9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5c021 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5c021
  2. #b0ba2b
  3. #aab334
  4. #a5ad3e
  5. #a0a647
  6. #9ba051
  7. #959a5a
  8. #909364
  9. #8b8d6d
  10. #858677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6bb93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb932 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2b4a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5bc2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdb983 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5c021 {
  color: #b5c021;
}
Background
.bg-b5c021 {
  background-color: #b5c021;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5c021 {
  border: 2px solid #b5c021;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5c021;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 192 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 71% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5c021 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5c021, #66c021);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5c021 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 192 33 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.33 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.83 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 8.13 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.17 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.64 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.65 #4a3fde Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#b5c021  rgb(181, 192, 33)  hsl(64, 71%, 44%)  Apple Green
#2c21c0  rgb(44, 33, 192)  hsl(244, 71%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#21b5c0  rgb(33, 181, 192)  hsl(184, 71%, 44%)  Verdigris
#c021b5  rgb(192, 33, 181)  hsl(304, 71%, 44%)  Purpureus