#b1c809

Color #b1c809

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 13.82 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b1c809

RGB

rgb(177, 200, 9)

HSL

hsl(67.2, 91.4%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.2, 95.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 95.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(76.48, -27.61, 75.71)

LCH

lch(76.48, 80.59, 110.04)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.1817, 117.79)

HWB

hwb(67.2, 3.5%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2009c8

Analogous

#c87f09

#b1c809

#52c809

Triadic

#b1c809

#09b1c8

#c809b1

Split-complementary

#b1c809

#0952c8

#7f09c8

Tetradic

#b1c809

#09c820

#2009c8

#c809b1

Square

#b1c809

#09c87f

#2009c8

#c80952

Shades

Color #b1c809 mixed toward black.

#94a707

#768506

#596404

#3b4303

#1e2101

Tints

Color #b1c809 mixed toward white.

#d9f40f

#e0f63f

#e8f96f

#f0fb9f

#f7fdcf

Tones

Color #b1c809 mixed toward gray.

#a5b819

#99a829

#8d9839

#818849

#757859

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbc69 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#bab874 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#b2898f · ΔE 45.5

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 28.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b1c809;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b1c809]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b1c809 (#b1c809) is rgb(177, 200, 9) in RGB.

No, #b1c809 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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