#b7b956

Color #b7b956

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 11.36 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b7b956

RGB

rgb(183, 185, 86)

HSL

hsl(61.2, 41.4%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.2, 53.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 53.5%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(73.18, -14.26, 49.24)

LCH

lch(73.18, 51.26, 106.15)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.1225, 110.05)

HWB

hwb(61.2, 33.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5856b9

Analogous

#b98956

#b7b956

#85b956

Triadic

#b7b956

#56b7b9

#b956b7

Split-complementary

#b7b956

#5685b9

#8956b9

Tetradic

#b7b956

#56b958

#5856b9

#b956b7

Square

#b7b956

#56b989

#5856b9

#b95685

Shades

Color #b7b956 mixed toward black.

#9ea042

#7e8035

#5f6028

#3f401a

#20200d

Tints

Color #b7b956 mixed toward white.

#c3c572

#cfd08e

#dbdcaa

#e7e8c7

#f3f3e3

Tones

Color #b7b956 mixed toward gray.

#afb15e

#a7a866

#9fa06f

#979877

#8f907f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b878 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#b8b87f · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#b78c90 · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b7b956;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b7b956]

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Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b7b956 (#b7b956) is rgb(183, 185, 86) in RGB.

No, #b7b956 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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