#a9b85e

Color #a9b85e

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 10.97 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b85e

RGB

rgb(169, 184, 94)

HSL

hsl(70, 38.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(70, 48.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 48.9%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(71.91, -18.76, 43.63)

LCH

lch(71.91, 47.49, 113.27)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.1166, 117.09)

HWB

hwb(70, 36.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d5eb8

Analogous

#b89a5e

#a9b85e

#7cb85e

Triadic

#a9b85e

#5ea9b8

#b85ea9

Split-complementary

#a9b85e

#5e7cb8

#9a5eb8

Tetradic

#a9b85e

#5eb86d

#6d5eb8

#b85ea9

Square

#a9b85e

#5eb89a

#6d5eb8

#b85e7c

Shades

Color #a9b85e mixed toward black.

#92a147

#758139

#57602b

#3a401c

#1d200e

Tints

Color #a9b85e mixed toward white.

#b7c479

#c6d094

#d4dbae

#e2e7c9

#f1f3e4

Tones

Color #a9b85e mixed toward gray.

#a4b065

#9fa96d

#9aa174

#959a7c

#909283

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b07c · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#afae82 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#aa8e92 · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b85e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b85e]

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Yellow Green #9acd32

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Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#a9b85e (#a9b85e) is rgb(169, 184, 94) in RGB.

No, #a9b85e 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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