Colour

#B3CA20

#B3CA20
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#B3CA20 is a yellow with RGB values 179, 202, 32 and HSL 68°, 73%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#B3CA20#B3CA20

HEX#B3CA20

RGBrgb(179, 202, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.7922, 0.1255

RGB percentages70.2%, 79.2%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(68.1, 72.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.1, 84.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK11.4%, 0%, 84.2%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,782,688

CSS custom property--colour: #B3CA20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#4C35DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8BE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C034no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original

Tritanopia#BFBEACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 12.4 Yellow · ΔE 30 Green yellow · ΔE 30.6 Gold · ΔE 30.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.3 Olive · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 12.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#3720CA

Analogous#CA8C20, #5ECA20

Triadic#20B3CA, #CA20B3

Split complementary#205ECA, #8C20CA

Tetradic#20CA8C, #3720CA, #CA205E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EEF5C1

Lighter +30%#E2EE95

Lighter +20%#D6E769

Lighter +10%#CAE03D

Darker −10%#8C9E19

Darker −20%#657212

Darker −30%#3E460B

Darker −40%#171A04

More saturated +25%#C8E703

Less saturated −25%#9EAD3D

Channel breakdown

R179

G202

B32

Red179 (70.2%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue68.12°

Saturation (HSL)72.65%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B3 · G CA · B 20

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Colour values

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