Information about #BBC808 color

#BBC808 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BBC808 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 200, 8) — 73.3% red, 78.4% green, 3.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 5 / 0 / 75 / 22. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #BBC808 reads as a pure, full-strength golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Baby Puke Green (#B6C406). Slightly further away sit Bile (#B5C306) and La Rioja (#BAC00E).

The recipe behind #BBC808 is rgb(187, 200, 8), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 11.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BBC808 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BBC808 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BBC808 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BBC808

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bile color link
Bile

#B5C306

La Rioja color link
La Rioja

#BAC00E

Puke Yellow color link
Puke Yellow

#C2BE0E

Vomit Yellow color link
Vomit Yellow

#C7C10C

Dirty Yellow color link
Dirty Yellow

#CDC50A

Olive Yellow color link
Olive Yellow

#C2B709

Neva color link
Neva

#C6D60D

Rio Grande color link
Rio Grande

#B7C61A

Snot color link
Snot

#ACBB0D

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Ugly Yellow color link
Ugly Yellow

#D0C101

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BBC808
  • RGB187, 200, 8
  • CMYK5, 0, 75, 22
  • CSSrgb(187, 200, 8)
  • HSL64°, 92%, 41%
  • HSL Precise64.063°, 92.308%, 40.784%
  • HSV64°, 96%, 78%
  • HSB64°, 96%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.784
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.031
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.784, 0.031)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.784, 0.031, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.784, 0.031)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB3.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBBC808
  • DECIMAL ID12306440
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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