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yellowish green

#B0DD16

Every value on this page is computed at build time from the hex code above using ChromaWell's shared, unit-tested color-core library — the same conversion, contrast, and nearest-name math used across every color page on this site, so a value here matches the same color looked up anywhere else on ChromaWell.

The conversions block gives you the same color in seven common formats (hex, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, Lab, and OKLCH) so you can copy whichever your codebase or design tool expects. The contrast block applies the WCAG 2.x relative-luminance formula against several common backgrounds and reports whether text in this color would pass AA or AAA at normal and large text sizes. Shades/tints step the lightness up and down at a fixed hue and saturation; harmonies rotate the hue around the color wheel to surface complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary partners; and nearest named colors ranks the closest matches from our full 1,094-color dataset by CIE76 Delta-E distance in Lab space, a perceptual distance metric rather than a raw RGB difference.

Conversions

HEX
#B0DD16
RGB
rgb(176, 221, 22)
HSL
hsl(73.6, 81.9%, 47.6%)
HSV
hsv(73.6, 90%, 86.7%)
CMYK
cmyk(20.4, 0, 90, 13.3)
Lab
lab(82.38, -37.53, 78.73)
OKLCH
oklch(0.8354 0.202 123.4)

WCAG contrast

  • On white: 1.59:1 — normal text FAIL, large text FAIL
  • On black: 13.2:1 — normal text AAA, large text AAA
  • On pure white: 1.59:1 — normal text FAIL, large text FAIL
  • On pure black: 13.2:1 — normal text AAA, large text AAA
  • On light gray (#F3F4F6): 1.45:1 — normal text FAIL, large text FAIL
  • On dark slate (#1F2937): 9.23:1 — normal text AAA, large text AAA

Ratios computed from WCAG 2.x relative luminance; AA needs 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text (18pt+ or 14pt+ bold), AAA needs 7:1 and 4.5:1 respectively.

Shades & tints

#415208
#78970F
#B0DD16
#CAEE52
#DFF597

Lightness stepped ±15% and ±30% in HSL space at constant hue and saturation (73.6°, 81.9%) — a shade darkens toward black, a tint lightens toward white.

Color harmonies

Hue-wheel relationships computed at this color's exact hue (73.6°), holding saturation and lightness constant.

Complementary

#4316DD

rgb(67, 22, 221)

Analogous −30°

#DDA616

rgb(221, 166, 22)

Analogous +30°

#4CDD16

rgb(76, 221, 22)

Triadic 120°

#16B0DD

rgb(22, 176, 221)

Triadic 240°

#DD16B0

rgb(221, 22, 176)

Split-complementary −150°

#A616DD

rgb(166, 22, 221)

Split-complementary +150°

#164CDD

rgb(22, 76, 221)

Nearest named colors

  • YellowGreen (ΔE 13.5)
  • GreenYellow (ΔE 18.0)
  • Yellow (ΔE 26.9)
  • LawnGreen (ΔE 31.6)
  • Chartreuse (ΔE 32.2)

Ranked by CIE76 Delta-E distance in Lab space — the lower the number, the closer the perceptual match to this exact color.

Perceptual profile

Hue 73.6° places this color in the transitional range of the wheel. At 81.9% saturation it reads as highly saturated/vivid, and at 47.6% lightness it sits at mid-tone. In OKLCH — the newer, perceptually uniform color space — this color's lightness is 0.8354, chroma 0.202, hue 123.4°, which is a more accurate predictor of how "bright" this color will look next to others than HSL lightness alone.

Use in CSS

This is a transitional hue at 81.9% saturation and 47.6% lightness. Drop it into a stylesheet as a custom property:

:root {
  --color-b0dd16: #B0DD16;
}
.el {
  color: var(--color-b0dd16);
}

Part of the open xkcd color survey named-color set — see methodology.