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#B6C00A

#b6c00a ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b6c00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.21% cyan, 0% magenta, 94.79% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 63.3°, with 90.1% saturation and 39.61% 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 10.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 7.82.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.4767

Complementary

  1. #b6c00a
  2. #140ac0

Split complementary

  1. #b6c00a
  2. #0a5bc0
  3. #6f0ac0

Analogous

  1. #c06f0a
  2. #b6c00a
  3. #5bc00a

Triadic

  1. #b6c00a
  2. #0ab6c0
  3. #c00ab6

Tetradic

  1. #b6c00a
  2. #0ac014
  3. #140ac0
  4. #c00ab6

Square

  1. #b6c00a
  2. #0ac06f
  3. #140ac0
  4. #c00a5b

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2f02
  2. #717706
  3. #b6c00a
  4. #e8f423
  5. #f0f76c

Shades

#b6c00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b6c00a
  2. #a4ad09
  3. #929a08
  4. #7f8607
  5. #6d7306
  6. #5b6005
  7. #494d04
  8. #373a03
  9. #242602
  10. #121301
  11. #000000

Tints

#b6c00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b6c00a
  2. #bdc623
  3. #c5cd3b
  4. #ccd354
  5. #d3d96c
  6. #dbe085
  7. #e2e69d
  8. #e9ecb6
  9. #f0f2ce
  10. #f8f9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b6c00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b6c00a
  2. #b1ba16
  3. #abb322
  4. #a6ad2d
  5. #a0a639
  6. #9ba045
  7. #969a51
  8. #90935d
  9. #8b8d68
  10. #858674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bb92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb927 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3b4a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6bc1e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #beb982 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b6c00a {
  color: #b6c00a;
}
Background
.bg-b6c00a {
  background-color: #b6c00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b6c00a {
  border: 2px solid #b6c00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b6c00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 90% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b6c00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b6c00a, #5bc00a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b6c00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.82 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.12 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.47 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 8.77 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.02 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.54 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.00 #493ff5 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Apple Green
#b6c00a  rgb(182, 192, 10)  hsl(63, 90%, 40%)  Apple Green
#140ac0  rgb(20, 10, 192)  hsl(243, 90%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#0ab6c0  rgb(10, 182, 192)  hsl(183, 90%, 40%)  Verdigris
#c00ab6  rgb(192, 10, 182)  hsl(303, 90%, 40%)  Purpureus