#b5c057

Color #b5c057

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 15.14 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b5c057

RGB

rgb(181, 192, 87)

HSL

hsl(66.3, 45.5%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.3, 54.7%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 54.7%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(74.96, -18.54, 50.77)

LCH

lch(74.96, 54.05, 110.06)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.1303, 114.44)

HWB

hwb(66.3, 34.1%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6257c0

Analogous

#c09757

#b5c057

#80c057

Triadic

#b5c057

#57b5c0

#c057b5

Split-complementary

#b5c057

#5780c0

#9757c0

Tetradic

#b5c057

#57c062

#6257c0

#c057b5

Square

#b5c057

#57c097

#6257c0

#c05780

Shades

Color #b5c057 mixed toward black.

#9ea93f

#7e8733

#5f6526

#3f4419

#20220d

Tints

Color #b5c057 mixed toward white.

#c1cb73

#ced58f

#dae0ab

#e6eac7

#f3f5e3

Tones

Color #b5c057 mixed toward gray.

#aeb760

#a7af68

#a0a671

#999d7a

#929483

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#baba7b · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#b9b882 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#b69195 · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5c057;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5c057]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5c057 (#b5c057) is rgb(181, 192, 87) in RGB.

No, #b5c057 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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