#b59c42

Color #b59c42

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 15 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 13.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b59c42

RGB

rgb(181, 156, 66)

HSL

hsl(47, 46.6%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47, 63.5%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 63.5%, 29%)

LAB

lab(64.96, -1.38, 49.25)

LCH

lch(64.96, 49.27, 91.61)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.1129, 93.71)

HWB

hwb(47, 25.9%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#425bb5

Analogous

#b56242

#b59c42

#94b542

Triadic

#b59c42

#42b59c

#9c42b5

Split-complementary

#b59c42

#4294b5

#6242b5

Tetradic

#b59c42

#5bb542

#425bb5

#9c42b5

Square

#b59c42

#42b562

#425bb5

#b54294

Shades

Color #b59c42 mixed toward black.

#978237

#79682c

#5a4e21

#3c3416

#1e1a0b

Tints

Color #b59c42 mixed toward white.

#c4ae5e

#d0be7e

#dccf9f

#e8dfbf

#f3efdf

Tones

Color #b59c42 mixed toward gray.

#ab974b

#a29155

#988c5f

#8f8668

#858172

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab62 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#acae68 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#b47478 · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b59c42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b59c42]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Khaki #f0e68c

Frequently asked questions

#b59c42 (#b59c42) is rgb(181, 156, 66) in RGB.

No, #b59c42 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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