Yellow green

#bbdb74

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

Yellow green sits in the green range, mid and strong. 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 #bbdb74, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbdb74

RGB187, 219, 116

HSL79, 59%, 66%

HSV79, 47%, 86%

CMYK15%, 0%, 47%, 14%

Lab83.17, -26.61, 46.9

XYZ48.98, 62.49, 26.0

Decimal12311412

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone367 C

Shades of yellow green

#afd55c #a3ce44 #95c232 #82a92c #709126 #5d791f #4b6119 #384913 #25300d #131806

Tints of yellow green

#c1de80 #c7e18d #cde599 #d3e8a6 #daebb2 #e0eebf #e6f2cb #ecf5d8 #f2f8e4 #f8fbf1

Colors that go with yellow green

Complementary#9474db Analogous#dbc774 Analogous#88db74 Triadic#74bbdb Triadic#db74bb Split complementary#7487db Split complementary#c874db

Yellow green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 0, 47, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbdb74 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 47 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 47 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 #bbdb74 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbdb74; }
.text { color: #bbdb74; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbdb74; }

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 #bbdb74 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbdb74 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 #bbdb74 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 #bbdb74 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 #bbdb74 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.