#b9ca31

Color #b9ca31

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 14.02 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#b9ca31

RGB

rgb(185, 202, 49)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 61%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 75.7%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 75.7%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(77.74, -24.19, 68.77)

LCH

lch(77.74, 72.9, 109.38)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.168, 115.99)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 19.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4231ca

Analogous

#ca8f31

#b9ca31

#6cca31

Triadic

#b9ca31

#31b9ca

#ca31b9

Split-complementary

#b9ca31

#316cca

#8f31ca

Tetradic

#b9ca31

#31ca42

#4231ca

#ca31b9

Square

#b9ca31

#31ca8f

#4231ca

#ca316c

Shades

Color #b9ca31 mixed toward black.

#9aa829

#7b8721

#5c6518

#3e4310

#1f2208

Tints

Color #b9ca31 mixed toward white.

#c6d551

#d2dd74

#dde697

#e8eeb9

#f4f7dc

Tones

Color #b9ca31 mixed toward gray.

#afbd3e

#a5b04a

#9ba457

#919764

#878a71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c171 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#c0be7b · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#ba8f94 · ΔE 43.5

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9ca31;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9ca31]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9ca31 (#b9ca31) is rgb(185, 202, 49) in RGB.

No, #b9ca31 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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