#b5b52d

Color #b5b52d

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 21.31 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 14.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b52d

RGB

rgb(181, 181, 45)

HSL

hsl(60, 60.2%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 75.1%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.1%, 29%)

LAB

lab(71.6, -15.63, 64.25)

LCH

lch(71.6, 66.12, 103.67)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.1494, 109.51)

HWB

hwb(60, 17.6%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2d2db5

Analogous

#b5712d

#b5b52d

#71b52d

Triadic

#b5b52d

#2db5b5

#b52db5

Split-complementary

#b5b52d

#2d71b5

#712db5

Tetradic

#b5b52d

#2db52d

#2d2db5

#b52db5

Square

#b5b52d

#2db571

#2d2db5

#b52d71

Shades

Color #b5b52d mixed toward black.

#979725

#79791e

#5a5a16

#3c3c0f

#1e1e07

Tints

Color #b5b52d mixed toward white.

#d0d041

#d9d967

#e3e38d

#ececb3

#f6f6d9

Tones

Color #b5b52d mixed toward gray.

#aaaa38

#9e9e44

#93934f

#88885a

#7c7c66

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b566 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#b5b56e · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#b58085 · ΔE 42.1

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b52d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b52d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b52d (#b5b52d) is rgb(181, 181, 45) in RGB.

No, #b5b52d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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