Information about #B8C01B color

#B8C01B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #B8C01B is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with High Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(184, 192, 27) — 72.2% red, 75.3% green, 10.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 3 / 0 / 65 / 25. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A vivid, lively sunny yellow, #B8C01B carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Rio Grande (#B7C61A). Slightly further away sit Acid Green (#B0BF1A) and Key Lime Pie (#BFC921).

The recipe behind #B8C01B is rgb(184, 192, 27), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 10.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.0:1. #B8C01B has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#B8C01B color variations

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

#B8C01B 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 #B8C01B

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

Rio Grande color link
Rio Grande

#B7C61A

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Key Lime Pie color link
Key Lime Pie

#BFC921

La Rioja color link
La Rioja

#BAC00E

Bahia color link
Bahia

#A9C01C

Puke Yellow color link
Puke Yellow

#C2BE0E

Snot color link
Snot

#ACBB0D

Pea color link
Pea

#A4BF20

Vomit Yellow color link
Vomit Yellow

#C7C10C

Bile color link
Bile

#B5C306

Olive Yellow color link
Olive Yellow

#C2B709

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B8C01B
  • RGB184, 192, 27
  • CMYK3, 0, 65, 25
  • CSSrgb(184, 192, 27)
  • HSL63°, 75%, 43%
  • HSL Precise62.909°, 75.342%, 42.941%
  • HSV63°, 86%, 75%
  • HSB63°, 86%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.722
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.753
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.106
  • GLSLvec3(0.722, 0.753, 0.106)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.722, 0.753, 0.106, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.722, 0.753, 0.106)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB75.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB10.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB8C01B
  • DECIMAL ID12107803
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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