#9fb308

Color #9fb308

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 15.15 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9fb308

RGB

rgb(159, 179, 8)

HSL

hsl(67, 91.4%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67, 95.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 95.5%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(69.2, -25.09, 69.66)

LCH

lch(69.2, 74.04, 109.81)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.1668, 117.53)

HWB

hwb(67, 3.1%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1c08b3

Analogous

#b37208

#9fb308

#4ab308

Triadic

#9fb308

#089fb3

#b3089f

Split-complementary

#9fb308

#084ab3

#7208b3

Tetradic

#9fb308

#08b31c

#1c08b3

#b3089f

Square

#9fb308

#08b372

#1c08b3

#b3084a

Shades

Color #9fb308 mixed toward black.

#859507

#6a7705

#505a04

#353c03

#1b1e01

Tints

Color #9fb308 mixed toward white.

#cde70a

#dff631

#e7f865

#effa98

#f7fdcc

Tones

Color #9fb308 mixed toward gray.

#94a516

#899725

#7e8833

#737a41

#696c4f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a85e · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#a7a567 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#a07b80 · ΔE 43.1

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fb308;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fb308]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9fb308 (#9fb308) is rgb(159, 179, 8) in RGB.

No, #9fb308 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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