#b19940

Color #b19940

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 15.26 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 13.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b19940

RGB

rgb(177, 153, 64)

HSL

hsl(47.3, 46.9%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.3, 63.8%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 63.8%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(63.76, -1.65, 48.74)

LCH

lch(63.76, 48.77, 91.94)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.1117, 94.16)

HWB

hwb(47.3, 25.1%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4058b1

Analogous

#b16140

#b19940

#91b140

Triadic

#b19940

#40b199

#9940b1

Split-complementary

#b19940

#4091b1

#6140b1

Tetradic

#b19940

#58b140

#4058b1

#9940b1

Square

#b19940

#40b161

#4058b1

#b14091

Shades

Color #b19940 mixed toward black.

#948035

#76662b

#594d20

#3b3315

#1e1a0b

Tints

Color #b19940 mixed toward white.

#c4ad5a

#cfbe7b

#dbce9c

#e7debd

#f3efde

Tones

Color #b19940 mixed toward gray.

#a89449

#9e8e53

#95895c

#8b8366

#827e6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a760 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#a9aa65 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#b07275 · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b19940;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b19940]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#b19940 (#b19940) is rgb(177, 153, 64) in RGB.

No, #b19940 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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