Yellow green

#bdd85e

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 grounded. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Yellow green color values

Every conversion for #bdd85e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bdd85e

RGB189, 216, 94

HSL73, 61%, 61%

HSV73, 56%, 85%

CMYK12%, 0%, 56%, 15%

Lab82.24, -26.48, 56.05

XYZ47.56, 60.74, 19.81

Decimal12441694

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone374 C

Shades of yellow green

#b4d348 #aacd32 #98b62c #85a027 #728921 #5f731c #4d5c16 #3a4611 #272f0b #151906

Tints of yellow green

#c3dc6d #c9df7b #cfe38a #d5e699 #dbeaa7 #e1edb6 #e7f1c5 #edf4d3 #f3f8e2 #f9fcf1

Colors that go with yellow green

Complementary#795ed8 Analogous#d8b65e Analogous#80d85e Triadic#5ebdd8 Triadic#d85ebd Split complementary#5e80d8 Split complementary#b65ed8

Yellow green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 0, 56, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bdd85e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 0 56 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 4 56 21

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 #bdd85e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bdd85e; }
.text { color: #bdd85e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bdd85e; }

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 #bdd85e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bdd85e 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 #bdd85e 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 #bdd85e 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

The figures for #bdd85e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.