#b9b800

Color #b9b800

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 23.14 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b9b800

RGB

rgb(185, 184, 0)

HSL

hsl(59.7, 100%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.7, 100%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 100%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(72.63, -16.43, 74.04)

LCH

lch(72.63, 75.84, 102.51)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.1649, 109.37)

HWB

hwb(59.7, 0%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0001b9

Analogous

#b95c00

#b9b800

#5db900

Triadic

#b9b800

#00b9b8

#b800b9

Split-complementary

#b9b800

#005db9

#5c00b9

Tetradic

#b9b800

#01b900

#0001b9

#b800b9

Square

#b9b800

#00b95c

#0001b9

#b9005d

Shades

Color #b9b800 mixed toward black.

#9a9a00

#7b7b00

#5d5c00

#3e3d00

#1f1f00

Tints

Color #b9b800 mixed toward white.

#efee00

#fffe26

#fffe5d

#fffe93

#ffffc9

Tones

Color #b9b800 mixed toward gray.

#aaa90f

#9a9a1f

#8b8a2e

#7b7b3e

#6c6c4d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b960 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#b9b96a · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#b97e83 · ΔE 44.9

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9b800;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9b800]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9b800 (#b9b800) is rgb(185, 184, 0) in RGB.

No, #b9b800 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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