#b9a850

Color #b9a850

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 9.73 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b9a850

RGB

rgb(185, 168, 80)

HSL

hsl(50.3, 42.9%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.3, 56.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 56.8%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(68.68, -5.05, 46.94)

LCH

lch(68.68, 47.21, 96.14)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.1107, 98.52)

HWB

hwb(50.3, 31.4%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5061b9

Analogous

#b97450

#b9a850

#96b950

Triadic

#b9a850

#50b9a8

#a850b9

Split-complementary

#b9a850

#5096b9

#7450b9

Tetradic

#b9a850

#61b950

#5061b9

#a850b9

Square

#b9a850

#50b974

#5061b9

#b95096

Shades

Color #b9a850 mixed toward black.

#9e8f3f

#7e7232

#5f5626

#3f3919

#201d0d

Tints

Color #b9a850 mixed toward white.

#c5b76d

#d0c58a

#dcd4a8

#e8e2c5

#f3f1e2

Tones

Color #b9a850 mixed toward gray.

#b0a259

#a89c62

#9f966a

#969073

#8d8b7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b26e · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#b3b474 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#b88083 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9a850;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9a850]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#b9a850 (#b9a850) is rgb(185, 168, 80) in RGB.

No, #b9a850 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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