#b9b963

Color #b9b963

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 5.35 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 13.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b9b963

RGB

rgb(185, 185, 99)

HSL

hsl(60, 38.1%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 46.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.5%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(73.49, -12.26, 43.36)

LCH

lch(73.49, 45.06, 105.79)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.1093, 108.73)

HWB

hwb(60, 38.8%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6363b9

Analogous

#b98e63

#b9b963

#8eb963

Triadic

#b9b963

#63b9b9

#b963b9

Split-complementary

#b9b963

#638eb9

#8e63b9

Tetradic

#b9b963

#63b963

#6363b9

#b963b9

Square

#b9b963

#63b98e

#6363b9

#b9638e

Shades

Color #b9b963 mixed toward black.

#a3a349

#83833b

#62622c

#41411d

#21210f

Tints

Color #b9b963 mixed toward white.

#c5c57d

#d0d097

#dcdcb1

#e8e8cb

#f3f3e5

Tones

Color #b9b963 mixed toward gray.

#b2b26a

#abab71

#a4a479

#9c9c80

#959587

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b97f · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#b9b985 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#b99094 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9b963;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9b963]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9b963 (#b9b963) is rgb(185, 185, 99) in RGB.

No, #b9b963 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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