#a9bc06

Color #a9bc06

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 14.71 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a9bc06

RGB

rgb(169, 188, 6)

HSL

hsl(66.3, 93.8%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.3, 96.8%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 96.8%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(72.51, -25.24, 72.73)

LCH

lch(72.51, 76.99, 109.14)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1727, 116.85)

HWB

hwb(66.3, 2.4%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1906bc

Analogous

#bc7406

#a9bc06

#4ebc06

Triadic

#a9bc06

#06a9bc

#bc06a9

Split-complementary

#a9bc06

#064ebc

#7406bc

Tetradic

#a9bc06

#06bc19

#1906bc

#bc06a9

Square

#a9bc06

#06bc74

#1906bc

#bc064e

Shades

Color #a9bc06 mixed toward black.

#8d9c05

#707d04

#545e03

#383f02

#1c1f01

Tints

Color #a9bc06 mixed toward white.

#d7ef08

#e4f833

#ebfa66

#f1fc99

#f8fdcc

Tones

Color #a9bc06 mixed toward gray.

#9dad15

#919d24

#858e33

#797f43

#6d7052

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b262 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#b0af6d · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#aa8186 · ΔE 44.2

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9bc06;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9bc06]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a9bc06 (#a9bc06) is rgb(169, 188, 6) in RGB.

No, #a9bc06 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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