Recognised as Colour

#B3CB01

#B3CB01
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#B3CB01 is a yellow with RGB values 179, 203, 1 and HSL 67°, 99%, 40%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#B3CB01#B3CB01

HEX#B3CB01

RGBrgb(179, 203, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.7961, 0.0039

RGB percentages70.2%, 79.6%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(67.1, 99%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.1, 99.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK11.8%, 0%, 99.5%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,782,913

CSS custom property--colour: #B3CB01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#4C34FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9BF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C027no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BFBFACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 14.5 Yellow · ΔE 27 Green yellow · ΔE 28.6 Gold · ΔE 29.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 35.8 Olive · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 14.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1901CB

Analogous#CB7E01, #4ECB01

Triadic#01B3CB, #CB01B3

Split complementary#014ECB, #7E01CB

Tetradic#01CB7E, #1901CB, #CB014E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3FF9A

Lighter +30%#ECFE67

Lighter +20%#E6FE34

Lighter +10%#E0FE01

Darker −10%#869801

Darker −20%#5A6600

Darker −30%#2D3300

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B4CC00

Less saturated −25%#A0B21A

Channel breakdown

R179

G203

Red179 (70.2%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue67.13°

Saturation (HSL)99.02%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B3 · G CB · B 01

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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