#b8c461

Color #b8c461

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 13.21 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#b8c461

RGB

rgb(184, 196, 97)

HSL

hsl(67.3, 45.6%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.3, 50.5%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 50.5%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(76.4, -18.43, 47.8)

LCH

lch(76.4, 51.23, 111.08)

OKLCH

oklch(79%, 0.1247, 115.04)

HWB

hwb(67.3, 38%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d61c4

Analogous

#c49f61

#b8c461

#87c461

Triadic

#b8c461

#61b8c4

#c461b8

Split-complementary

#b8c461

#6187c4

#9f61c4

Tetradic

#b8c461

#61c46d

#6d61c4

#c461b8

Square

#b8c461

#61c49f

#6d61c4

#c46187

Shades

Color #b8c461 mixed toward black.

#a4b242

#838e35

#636b28

#42471b

#21240d

Tints

Color #b8c461 mixed toward white.

#c4ce7c

#d0d896

#dce2b0

#e7ebca

#f3f5e5

Tones

Color #b8c461 mixed toward gray.

#b2bc69

#acb472

#a5ab7a

#9fa382

#999b8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbd82 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#bdbc89 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#b9969a · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8c461;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8c461]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b8c461 (#b8c461) is rgb(184, 196, 97) in RGB.

No, #b8c461 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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