#b6b600

Color #b6b600

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 22.8 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 13.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b600

RGB

rgb(182, 182, 0)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 100%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 100%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(71.83, -16.73, 73.34)

LCH

lch(71.83, 75.22, 102.85)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.1638, 109.77)

HWB

hwb(60, 0%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0000b6

Analogous

#b65b00

#b6b600

#5bb600

Triadic

#b6b600

#00b6b6

#b600b6

Split-complementary

#b6b600

#005bb6

#5b00b6

Tetradic

#b6b600

#00b600

#0000b6

#b600b6

Square

#b6b600

#00b65b

#0000b6

#b6005b

Shades

Color #b6b600 mixed toward black.

#989800

#797900

#5b5b00

#3d3d00

#1e1e00

Tints

Color #b6b600 mixed toward white.

#eded00

#ffff24

#ffff5b

#ffff92

#ffffc8

Tones

Color #b6b600 mixed toward gray.

#a7a70f

#98981e

#89892e

#79793d

#6a6a4c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b65f · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#b6b669 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#b67c82 · ΔE 45.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b600;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b600]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b6b600 (#b6b600) is rgb(182, 182, 0) in RGB.

No, #b6b600 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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