#b9c286

Color #b9c286

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 13.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b9c286

RGB

rgb(185, 194, 134)

HSL

hsl(69, 33%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69, 30.9%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 30.9%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(76.45, -12.86, 29.22)

LCH

lch(76.45, 31.92, 113.75)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0806, 115.2)

HWB

hwb(69, 52.5%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f86c2

Analogous

#c2ad86

#b9c286

#9bc286

Triadic

#b9c286

#86b9c2

#c286b9

Split-complementary

#b9c286

#869bc2

#ad86c2

Tetradic

#b9c286

#86c28f

#8f86c2

#c286b9

Square

#b9c286

#86c2ad

#8f86c2

#c2869b

Shades

Color #b9c286 mixed toward black.

#a4b062

#879149

#656d37

#434925

#222412

Tints

Color #b9c286 mixed toward white.

#c5cc9a

#d0d6ae

#dce1c2

#e8ebd7

#f3f5eb

Tones

Color #b9c286 mixed toward gray.

#b5bd8b

#b2b890

#aeb395

#abae9a

#a7a99f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbd97 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#bcbc9b · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#b9a4a6 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9c286;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9c286]

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Frequently asked questions

#b9c286 (#b9c286) is rgb(185, 194, 134) in RGB.

No, #b9c286 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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