#b4b43e

Color #b4b43e

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 19.47 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 14.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b4b43e

RGB

rgb(180, 180, 62)

HSL

hsl(60, 48.8%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 65.6%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.6%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(71.35, -14.69, 57.73)

LCH

lch(71.35, 59.57, 104.28)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.1379, 109.32)

HWB

hwb(60, 24.3%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e3eb4

Analogous

#b4793e

#b4b43e

#79b43e

Triadic

#b4b43e

#3eb4b4

#b43eb4

Split-complementary

#b4b43e

#3e79b4

#793eb4

Tetradic

#b4b43e

#3eb43e

#3e3eb4

#b43eb4

Square

#b4b43e

#3eb479

#3e3eb4

#b43e79

Shades

Color #b4b43e mixed toward black.

#969634

#787829

#5a5a1f

#3c3c15

#1e1e0a

Tints

Color #b4b43e mixed toward white.

#c6c659

#d1d17a

#dddd9b

#e8e8bd

#f4f4de

Tones

Color #b4b43e mixed toward gray.

#aaaa48

#a1a152

#97975c

#8d8d65

#83836f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b46b · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#b4b473 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#b48287 · ΔE 40.2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4b43e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4b43e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b4b43e (#b4b43e) is rgb(180, 180, 62) in RGB.

No, #b4b43e 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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