Yellow green

#b9dc6d

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for yellow green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Yellow green is a mid green that feels balanced. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Yellow green color values

Every conversion for #b9dc6d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9dc6d

RGB185, 220, 109

HSL79, 61%, 65%

HSV79, 50%, 86%

CMYK16%, 0%, 50%, 14%

Lab83.23, -28.56, 50.28

XYZ48.36, 62.6, 24.0

Decimal12180589

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone367 C

Shades of yellow green

#add655 #a2d03d #93c12e #81a929 #6e9123 #5c791d #4a6117 #374911 #25310c #131906

Tints of yellow green

#bfdf7a #c6e287 #cce594 #d2e9a2 #d9ecaf #dfefbc #e5f2c9 #ebf5d6 #f2f8e3 #f8fcf1

Colors that go with yellow green

Complementary#906ddc Analogous#dcc86d Analogous#81dc6d Triadic#6db9dc Triadic#dc6db9 Split complementary#6d81dc Split complementary#c86ddc

Yellow green in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 50, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9dc6d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 0 50 14

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 4 50 20

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Yellow green in css

Copy #b9dc6d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9dc6d; }
.text { color: #b9dc6d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9dc6d; }

How yellow green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Yellow green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b9dc6d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9dc6d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Yellow green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b9dc6d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around yellow green? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn yellow green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b9dc6d and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from yellow green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #b9dc6d are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.