#b8d42a

Color #b8d42a

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 11.32 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b8d42a

RGB

rgb(184, 212, 42)

HSL

hsl(69.9, 66.9%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.9, 80.2%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 80.2%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(80.43, -29.65, 73.18)

LCH

lch(80.43, 78.96, 112.06)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.1824, 119.21)

HWB

hwb(69.9, 16.5%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#462ad4

Analogous

#d49b2a

#b8d42a

#63d42a

Triadic

#b8d42a

#2ab8d4

#d42ab8

Split-complementary

#b8d42a

#2a63d4

#9b2ad4

Tetradic

#b8d42a

#2ad446

#462ad4

#d42ab8

Square

#b8d42a

#2ad49b

#462ad4

#d42a63

Shades

Color #b8d42a mixed toward black.

#99b123

#7b8d1c

#5c6a15

#3d470e

#1f2307

Tints

Color #b8d42a mixed toward white.

#c4dc4d

#d0e371

#dcea94

#e7f1b8

#f3f8db

Tones

Color #b8d42a mixed toward gray.

#aec638

#a5b846

#9ba955

#929b63

#888d71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c5c575 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#c3c17f · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#ba949a · ΔE 44.8

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 28.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8d42a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8d42a]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#b8d42a (#b8d42a) is rgb(184, 212, 42) in RGB.

No, #b8d42a 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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