#b9c15a

Color #b9c15a

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 13.89 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b9c15a

RGB

rgb(185, 193, 90)

HSL

hsl(64.7, 45.4%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.7, 53.4%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 53.4%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(75.57, -17.15, 50.17)

LCH

lch(75.57, 53.02, 108.87)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.1277, 113.01)

HWB

hwb(64.7, 35.3%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#625ac1

Analogous

#c1965a

#b9c15a

#85c15a

Triadic

#b9c15a

#5ab9c1

#c15ab9

Split-complementary

#b9c15a

#5a85c1

#965ac1

Tetradic

#b9c15a

#5ac162

#625ac1

#c15ab9

Square

#b9c15a

#5ac196

#625ac1

#c15a85

Shades

Color #b9c15a mixed toward black.

#a3ab40

#828934

#626727

#41451a

#21220d

Tints

Color #b9c15a mixed toward white.

#c5cb76

#d0d691

#dce0ad

#e8eac8

#f3f5e4

Tones

Color #b9c15a mixed toward gray.

#b2b863

#aab06b

#a3a774

#9c9f7c

#959685

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbd7d · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#bcbb84 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#b99296 · ΔE 37.2

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9c15a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9c15a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9c15a (#b9c15a) is rgb(185, 193, 90) in RGB.

No, #b9c15a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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