#b9bc15

Color #b9bc15

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 20.81 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b9bc15

RGB

rgb(185, 188, 21)

HSL

hsl(61.1, 79.9%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.1, 88.8%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 88.8%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(73.76, -18.16, 72.26)

LCH

lch(73.76, 74.51, 104.11)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.1647, 110.88)

HWB

hwb(61.1, 8.2%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1815bc

Analogous

#bc6c15

#b9bc15

#65bc15

Triadic

#b9bc15

#15b9bc

#bc15b9

Split-complementary

#b9bc15

#1565bc

#6c15bc

Tetradic

#b9bc15

#15bc18

#1815bc

#bc15b9

Square

#b9bc15

#15bc6c

#1815bc

#bc1565

Shades

Color #b9bc15 mixed toward black.

#9a9d12

#7b7d0e

#5d5e0b

#3e3f07

#1f1f04

Tints

Color #b9bc15 mixed toward white.

#e2e61d

#e8eb4b

#eef078

#f3f5a5

#f9fad2

Tones

Color #b9bc15 mixed toward gray.

#acae23

#9ea031

#91923f

#83844d

#76765b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#baba64 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#baba6e · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#b98287 · ΔE 44.5

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9bc15;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9bc15]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9bc15 (#b9bc15) is rgb(185, 188, 21) in RGB.

No, #b9bc15 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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