#a9b83e

Color #a9b83e

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 19.49 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b83e

RGB

rgb(169, 184, 62)

HSL

hsl(67.4, 49.6%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.4, 66.3%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 66.3%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(71.6, -21.35, 57.72)

LCH

lch(71.6, 61.54, 110.3)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.145, 116.02)

HWB

hwb(67.4, 24.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4d3eb8

Analogous

#b88a3e

#a9b83e

#6cb83e

Triadic

#a9b83e

#3ea9b8

#b83ea9

Split-complementary

#a9b83e

#3e6cb8

#8a3eb8

Tetradic

#a9b83e

#3eb84d

#4d3eb8

#b83ea9

Square

#a9b83e

#3eb88a

#4d3eb8

#b83e6c

Shades

Color #a9b83e mixed toward black.

#8d9934

#717b29

#545c1f

#383d15

#1c1f0a

Tints

Color #a9b83e mixed toward white.

#bac85a

#c8d37b

#d6de9c

#e3e9bd

#f1f4de

Tones

Color #a9b83e mixed toward gray.

#a1ae48

#9aa452

#92995c

#8a8f67

#838571

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b06d · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#afae75 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#aa858a · ΔE 40.1

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 25.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b83e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b83e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a9b83e (#a9b83e) is rgb(169, 184, 62) in RGB.

No, #a9b83e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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