Yellow green

#bbdc28

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

This is Yellow green, a strong green at 71 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 #bbdc28, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbdc28

RGB187, 220, 40

HSL71, 72%, 51%

HSV71, 82%, 86%

CMYK15%, 0%, 82%, 14%

Lab82.86, -32.24, 75.89

XYZ46.47, 61.9, 11.51

Decimal12311592

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone382 C

Shades of yellow green

#adcc21 #9cb81e #8ba41b #7a9118 #6a7d14 #596911 #48560e #38420b #272e07 #161a04

Tints of yellow green

#c8e350 #cee664 #d4e978 #dbec8c #e1f0a0 #e7f3b4 #eef6c8 #f4f9dc #fafdf0

Colors that go with yellow green

Complementary#4928dc Analogous#dca328 Analogous#61dc28 Triadic#28bbdc Triadic#dc28bb Split complementary#2861dc Split complementary#a328dc

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 15, 0, 82, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbdc28 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 82 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 79 20

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #bbdc28 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbdc28; }
.text { color: #bbdc28; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbdc28; }

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 #bbdc28 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbdc28 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 #bbdc28 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 #bbdc28 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 #bbdc28 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.