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#B8BE21

#b8be21 ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8be21 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 74.51% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 82.63% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 62.29°, with 70.4% saturation and 43.73% 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 10.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 8.15.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4713

Complementary

  1. #b8be21
  2. #2721be

Split complementary

  1. #b8be21
  2. #216abe
  3. #7621be

Analogous

  1. #be7621
  2. #b8be21
  3. #6abe21

Triadic

  1. #b8be21
  2. #21b8be
  3. #be21b8

Tetradic

  1. #b8be21
  2. #21be27
  3. #2721be
  4. #be21b8

Square

  1. #b8be21
  2. #21be76
  3. #2721be
  4. #be216a

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3c0a
  2. #797d16
  3. #b8be21
  4. #dae04c
  5. #e8eb8d

Shades

#b8be21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8be21
  2. #a6ab1e
  3. #93981a
  4. #818517
  5. #6e7214
  6. #5c5f11
  7. #4a4c0d
  8. #37390a
  9. #252607
  10. #121303
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8be21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8be21
  2. #bfc537
  3. #c6cb4d
  4. #cdd264
  5. #d4d87a
  6. #dcdf90
  7. #e3e5a6
  8. #eaecbc
  9. #f1f2d3
  10. #f8f9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8be21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8be21
  2. #b2b82b
  3. #adb234
  4. #a7ab3e
  5. #a2a547
  6. #9c9f51
  7. #96995a
  8. #919364
  9. #8b8c6d
  10. #868677
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7ba92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb831 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5b2a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5b900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5bb2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0b782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8be21 {
  color: #b8be21;
}
Background
.bg-b8be21 {
  background-color: #b8be21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8be21 {
  border: 2px solid #b8be21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8be21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 190 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 70% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8be21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8be21, #6abe21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8be21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 190 33 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.15 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.53 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.66 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.68 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.80 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.88 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.92 #4741de Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#b8be21  rgb(184, 190, 33)  hsl(62, 70%, 44%)  Apple Green
#2721be  rgb(39, 33, 190)  hsl(242, 70%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#21b8be  rgb(33, 184, 190)  hsl(182, 70%, 44%)  Tiffany Blue
#be21b8  rgb(190, 33, 184)  hsl(302, 70%, 44%)  Purpureus