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#BBCA02

#bbca02 ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#bbca02 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 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 99.01% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 64.5°, with 98.04% saturation and 40% 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.

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Relative luminance0.5281

Complementary

  1. #bbca02
  2. #1102ca

Split complementary

  1. #bbca02
  2. #0257ca
  3. #7502ca

Analogous

  1. #ca7502
  2. #bbca02
  3. #57ca02

Triadic

  1. #bbca02
  2. #02bbca
  3. #ca02bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbca02
  2. #02ca11
  3. #1102ca
  4. #ca02bb

Square

  1. #bbca02
  2. #02ca75
  3. #1102ca
  4. #ca0257

Monochromatic

  1. #2f3300
  2. #757e01
  3. #bbca02
  4. #ecfd1c
  5. #f2fe67

Shades

#bbca02 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbca02
  2. #a8b602
  3. #96a202
  4. #838d01
  5. #707901
  6. #5e6501
  7. #4b5101
  8. #383d01
  9. #252800
  10. #131400
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbca02 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbca02
  2. #c2cf1b
  3. #c9d535
  4. #cfda4e
  5. #d6df67
  6. #dde581
  7. #e4ea9a
  8. #ebefb3
  9. #f1f4cc
  10. #f8fae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbca02 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbca02
  2. #b5c30f
  3. #afbb1b
  4. #a9b428
  5. #a3ac34
  6. #9ea541
  7. #989e4e
  8. #92965a
  9. #8c8f67
  10. #868773
  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-bbca02 {
  color: #bbca02;
}
Background
.bg-bbca02 {
  background-color: #bbca02;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbca02 {
  border: 2px solid #bbca02;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbca02;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 202 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 65 98% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbca02 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbca02, #57ca02);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbca02 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 202 2 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.70 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.97 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 8.00 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.61 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.78 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 9.37 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 9.44 #4435fd Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Pear
#bbca02  rgb(187, 202, 2)  hsl(65, 98%, 40%)  Pear
#1102ca  rgb(17, 2, 202)  hsl(245, 98%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#02bbca  rgb(2, 187, 202)  hsl(185, 98%, 40%)  Dark Turquoise
#ca02bb  rgb(202, 2, 187)  hsl(305, 98%, 40%)  Purpureus