#a9b952

Color #a9b952

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 15.51 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b952

RGB

rgb(169, 185, 82)

HSL

hsl(69.3, 42.4%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.3, 55.7%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 55.7%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(72.06, -20.37, 49.53)

LCH

lch(72.06, 53.56, 112.36)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.1296, 116.98)

HWB

hwb(69.3, 32.2%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6252b9

Analogous

#b99652

#a9b952

#76b952

Triadic

#a9b952

#52a9b9

#b952a9

Split-complementary

#a9b952

#5276b9

#9652b9

Tetradic

#a9b952

#52b962

#6252b9

#b952a9

Square

#a9b952

#52b996

#6252b9

#b95276

Shades

Color #a9b952 mixed toward black.

#909f40

#737f33

#565f26

#3a3f1a

#1d200d

Tints

Color #a9b952 mixed toward white.

#b7c56f

#c6d08c

#d4dca9

#e2e8c5

#f1f3e2

Tones

Color #a9b952 mixed toward gray.

#a3b15b

#9da863

#979f6c

#919774

#8c8e7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b076 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#afae7d · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#aa8b8f · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b952;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b952]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a9b952 (#a9b952) is rgb(169, 185, 82) in RGB.

No, #a9b952 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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