#adb85e

Color #adb85e

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 9.69 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#adb85e

RGB

rgb(173, 184, 94)

HSL

hsl(67.3, 38.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.3, 48.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 0%, 48.9%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(72.21, -17.14, 44.06)

LCH

lch(72.21, 47.28, 111.26)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1156, 114.97)

HWB

hwb(67.3, 36.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#695eb8

Analogous

#b8965e

#adb85e

#80b85e

Triadic

#adb85e

#5eadb8

#b85ead

Split-complementary

#adb85e

#5e80b8

#965eb8

Tetradic

#adb85e

#5eb869

#695eb8

#b85ead

Square

#adb85e

#5eb896

#695eb8

#b85e80

Shades

Color #adb85e mixed toward black.

#96a147

#788139

#5a602b

#3c401c

#1e200e

Tints

Color #adb85e mixed toward white.

#bbc479

#c8d094

#d6dbae

#e4e7c9

#f1f3e4

Tones

Color #adb85e mixed toward gray.

#a7b065

#a2a96d

#9ca174

#969a7c

#919283

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b27c · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#b1b082 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#ae8e92 · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adb85e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adb85e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#adb85e (#adb85e) is rgb(173, 184, 94) in RGB.

No, #adb85e 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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