Yellow green

#bbd270

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

This is Yellow green, a soft green at 74 degrees. 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 #bbd270, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbd270
RGB187, 210, 112
HSL74, 52%, 63%
HSV74, 47%, 82%
CMYK11%, 0%, 47%, 18%
Lab80.64, -22.68, 45.74
XYZ46.46, 57.83, 24.04
Decimal12309104
Web safe#cccc66
Pantone367 C
Pantone367 CHex#bbd270Rgb187 210 112Cmyk11 0 47 18Lab81 -23 46Darker#72882bDeep#a0bf3cLighter#d3e0a9

Shades of yellow green

Tints of yellow green

Colors that go with yellow green

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 11, 0, 47, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbd270 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
11 0 47 18
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
14 4 47 24
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 #bbd270 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbd270; }
.text { color: #bbd270; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbd270; }

How yellow green looks on light and dark

Yellow green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bbd270 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.67:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
12.57:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbd270 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 #bbd270 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #bbd270 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bbd270 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.