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#BBEF04 — Vivid Green

#BBEF04 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #BBEF04 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BBEF04 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3704F1; it also sits naturally between #F1AE04 and #47F104. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBEF04 · RGB 187, 239, 4

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Color values

HEX#BBEF04
RGB187, 239, 4
HSL73°, 97%, 48%
HSV73°, 98%, 94%
CMYK22%, 0%, 98%, 6%
XYZ51.38, 72.31, 11.36
Yxy72.31, 0.3805, 0.5354
CIE-Lab88.12, -41.46, 85.35
Hunter Lab85.03, -36.99, 48.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 94% · Blue 2%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 98% · Key 6%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BBEF04 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBEF04 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBEF04

.text { color: #BBEF04; }
.background { background-color: #BBEF04; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBEF04; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 239, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(73, 97%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBEF04; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 239, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBEF04; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 239, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBEF04">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBEF04">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBEF04

#AEDD03#9AC403#8AB003#779702#678302#576F02#435501#334101#202801#101400

Tints of #BBEF04

#C9FB13#CFFC2C#D3FC40#D9FC59#DFFD72#E5FD8B#EAFEA5#EFFEB9#F5FED2#FAFFEB

Tones of #BBEF04

#B4E015#AACF26#A1BE37#98AE47#8E9D58#848C69

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3704F1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.36:1 Fails
Against black text15.46:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBEF04: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBEF04

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BBEF04: ·

How #BBEF04 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D2D23DDeuteranopia · #CFCB4BTritanopia · #BE6A74

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBEF04 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffadc
#FFFADC · #B6F500 · #A4DD00 · #98CD00
Palette 78c841
#78C841 · #B4E50D · #FF9B2F · #FB4141
Serene Ruby Terrace
#2F0A2E · #27FEE5 · #BDF614 · #4EEAFD
Burning Lagoon
#0D0E29 · #B4F615 · #4FFBC1 · #FD3BC0
Palette Cff800
#CFF800 · #FEFF92 · #0FEFBD · #7899DC
Amber Ruby Mirage
#270A17 · #B7FF14 · #4C46FA · #33FD9E

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B6F500#B4E50D#BDF614#B4F615#CFF800#B7FF14#BBDC12#D4F000#B2FB19#BEDB16#CEE415#A4DD00

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBEF03  ·  #BBEF05 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBEF04?

#BBEF04 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 187, 239, 4). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBEF04?

#BBEF04 is RGB 187, 239, 4 — HSL 73°, 97%, 48% — CMYK 22%, 0%, 98%, 6%.

What colors go with #BBEF04?

Its complement is #3704F1; analogous partners are #F1AE04 and #47F104. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBEF04 for text?

Black text on #BBEF04 has a contrast ratio of 15.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.36:1.