#9eb500

Color #9eb500

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 13.99 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9eb500

RGB

rgb(158, 181, 0)

HSL

hsl(67.6, 100%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.6, 100%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 100%, 29%)

LAB

lab(69.69, -26.59, 70.94)

LCH

lch(69.69, 75.76, 110.55)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.1706, 118.46)

HWB

hwb(67.6, 0%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1700b5

Analogous

#b57100

#9eb500

#44b500

Triadic

#9eb500

#009eb5

#b5009e

Split-complementary

#9eb500

#0044b5

#7100b5

Tetradic

#9eb500

#00b517

#1700b5

#b5009e

Square

#9eb500

#00b571

#1700b5

#b50044

Shades

Color #9eb500 mixed toward black.

#849700

#697900

#4f5b00

#353c00

#1a1e00

Tints

Color #9eb500 mixed toward white.

#ceec00

#e3ff24

#eaff5b

#f1ff91

#f8ffc8

Tones

Color #9eb500 mixed toward gray.

#93a60f

#88971e

#7c882d

#71793c

#666a4b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a95e · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#a7a568 · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#9f7c81 · ΔE 43.2

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9eb500;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9eb500]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9eb500 (#9eb500) is rgb(158, 181, 0) in RGB.

No, #9eb500 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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