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#BBD90E

#bbd90e ≈ Pear

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#bbd90e is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 85.1% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.82% cyan, 0% magenta, 93.55% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 68.87°, with 87.88% saturation and 45.29% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 3.55.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6022

Complementary

  1. #bbd90e
  2. #2c0ed9

Split complementary

  1. #bbd90e
  2. #0e55d9
  3. #910ed9

Analogous

  1. #d9910e
  2. #bbd90e
  3. #55d90e

Triadic

  1. #bbd90e
  2. #0ebbd9
  3. #d90ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbd90e
  2. #0ed92c
  3. #2c0ed9
  4. #d90ebb

Square

  1. #bbd90e
  2. #0ed991
  3. #2c0ed9
  4. #d90e55

Monochromatic

  1. #3f4905
  2. #7d9109
  3. #bbd90e
  4. #d8f341
  5. #e7f789

Shades

#bbd90e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbd90e
  2. #a8c30d
  3. #96ae0b
  4. #83980a
  5. #708208
  6. #5e6d07
  7. #4b5706
  8. #384104
  9. #252b03
  10. #131601
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbd90e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbd90e
  2. #c2dd26
  3. #c9e13e
  4. #cfe456
  5. #d6e86e
  6. #ddec87
  7. #e4f09f
  8. #ebf4b7
  9. #f1f7cf
  10. #f8fbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbd90e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbd90e
  2. #b5d019
  3. #afc725
  4. #a9be30
  5. #a3b53c
  6. #9ead47
  7. #98a452
  8. #929b5e
  9. #8c9269
  10. #868975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5d1a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8cc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4cc2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7cdb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7d100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5d225 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2d293 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbd90e {
  color: #bbd90e;
}
Background
.bg-bbd90e {
  background-color: #bbd90e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbd90e {
  border: 2px solid #bbd90e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbd90e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 217 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 69 88% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbd90e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbd90e, #55d90e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbd90e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 217 14 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.55 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.06 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 6.74 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 8.27 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 8.27 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 8.55 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 8.77 #4426f1 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Pear
#bbd90e  rgb(187, 217, 14)  hsl(69, 88%, 45%)  Pear
#2c0ed9  rgb(44, 14, 217)  hsl(249, 88%, 45%)  Medium Blue
#0ebbd9  rgb(14, 187, 217)  hsl(189, 88%, 45%)  Moonstone Blue
#d90ebb  rgb(217, 14, 187)  hsl(309, 88%, 45%)  Shocking Pink