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#BBCA03

#bbca03 ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#bbca03 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 79.22% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 98.51% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 64.52°, with 97.07% saturation and 40.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 5.7.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.5281

Complementary

  1. #bbca03
  2. #1203ca

Split complementary

  1. #bbca03
  2. #0358ca
  3. #7603ca

Analogous

  1. #ca7603
  2. #bbca03
  3. #58ca03

Triadic

  1. #bbca03
  2. #03bbca
  3. #ca03bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbca03
  2. #03ca12
  3. #1203ca
  4. #ca03bb

Square

  1. #bbca03
  2. #03ca76
  3. #1203ca
  4. #ca0358

Monochromatic

  1. #2f3301
  2. #757f02
  3. #bbca03
  4. #ebfc1e
  5. #f2fd69

Shades

#bbca03 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbca03
  2. #a8b603
  3. #96a202
  4. #838d02
  5. #707902
  6. #5e6502
  7. #4b5101
  8. #383d01
  9. #252801
  10. #131400
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbca03 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbca03
  2. #c2cf1c
  3. #c9d535
  4. #cfda4f
  5. #d6df68
  6. #dde581
  7. #e4ea9a
  8. #ebefb3
  9. #f1f4cd
  10. #f8fae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbca03 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbca03
  2. #b5c310
  3. #afbb1c
  4. #a9b429
  5. #a3ac35
  6. #9ea542
  7. #989e4e
  8. #92965b
  9. #8c8f67
  10. #868774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bec499 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9bf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c227 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8bdac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cec400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdc51d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3c388 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbca03 {
  color: #bbca03;
}
Background
.bg-bbca03 {
  background-color: #bbca03;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbca03 {
  border: 2px solid #bbca03;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbca03;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 202 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 65 97% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbca03 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbca03, #58ca03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbca03 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 202 3 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.70 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.95 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 7.99 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.62 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.77 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 9.37 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 9.45 #4435fc Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Pear
#bbca03  rgb(187, 202, 3)  hsl(65, 97%, 40%)  Pear
#1203ca  rgb(18, 3, 202)  hsl(245, 97%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#03bbca  rgb(3, 187, 202)  hsl(185, 97%, 40%)  Dark Turquoise
#ca03bb  rgb(202, 3, 187)  hsl(305, 97%, 40%)  Purpureus