#b5b525

Color #b5b525

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 22.28 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 14.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b525

RGB

rgb(181, 181, 37)

HSL

hsl(60, 66.1%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 79.6%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.6%, 29%)

LAB

lab(71.56, -15.93, 66.65)

LCH

lch(71.56, 68.53, 103.44)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.1534, 109.58)

HWB

hwb(60, 14.5%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2525b5

Analogous

#b56d25

#b5b525

#6db525

Triadic

#b5b525

#25b5b5

#b525b5

Split-complementary

#b5b525

#256db5

#6d25b5

Tetradic

#b5b525

#25b525

#2525b5

#b525b5

Square

#b5b525

#25b56d

#2525b5

#b5256d

Shades

Color #b5b525 mixed toward black.

#97971f

#797919

#5a5a12

#3c3c0c

#1e1e06

Tints

Color #b5b525 mixed toward white.

#d6d635

#dede5d

#e6e686

#eeeeae

#f7f7d7

Tones

Color #b5b525 mixed toward gray.

#a9a931

#9d9d3d

#919149

#858555

#797961

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b563 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#b5b56d · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#b57f84 · ΔE 42.8

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b525;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b525]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b525 (#b5b525) is rgb(181, 181, 37) in RGB.

No, #b5b525 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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