Information about #BBCC05 color

#BBCC05 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BBCC05 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 204, 5) — 73.3% red, 80% green, 2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 7 / 0 / 78 / 20. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #BBCC05 reads as a maximally vivid yellow and sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. 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). Nearby in the Register you will also find Bile (#B5C306) and La Rioja (#BAC00E).

In RGB terms — rgb(187, 204, 5) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 11.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.8:1. No one has named #BBCC05 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BBCC05 color variations

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

#BBCC05 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 #BBCC05

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

Neva color link
Neva

#C6D60D

Vomit Yellow color link
Vomit Yellow

#C7C10C

Puke Yellow color link
Puke Yellow

#C2BE0E

Dirty Yellow color link
Dirty Yellow

#CDC50A

Rio Grande color link
Rio Grande

#B7C61A

Olive Yellow color link
Olive Yellow

#C2B709

Snot color link
Snot

#ACBB0D

Ugly Yellow color link
Ugly Yellow

#D0C101

#BBCC05 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BBCC05
  • RGB187, 204, 5
  • CMYK7, 0, 78, 20
  • HSL65°, 95%, 41%
  • HSL Precise65.126°, 95.215%, 40.98%
  • HSV65°, 98%, 80%
  • HSB65°, 98%, 80%
  • HEX IDBBCC05
  • DECIMAL ID12307461
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB2%
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