#b9cd12

Color #b9cd12

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 15.24 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b9cd12

RGB

rgb(185, 205, 18)

HSL

hsl(66.4, 83.9%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.4, 91.2%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 91.2%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(78.47, -26.53, 76.45)

LCH

lch(78.47, 80.92, 109.14)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.1822, 116.68)

HWB

hwb(66.4, 7.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2612cd

Analogous

#cd8312

#b9cd12

#5bcd12

Triadic

#b9cd12

#12b9cd

#cd12b9

Split-complementary

#b9cd12

#125bcd

#8312cd

Tetradic

#b9cd12

#12cd26

#2612cd

#cd12b9

Square

#b9cd12

#12cd83

#2612cd

#cd125b

Shades

Color #b9cd12 mixed toward black.

#9aab0f

#7b890c

#5c6609

#3e4406

#1f2203

Tints

Color #b9cd12 mixed toward white.

#d6ec23

#def04f

#e7f37b

#eff7a7

#f7fbd3

Tones

Color #b9cd12 mixed toward gray.

#adbd22

#a0ae31

#949e41

#888f50

#7c7f60

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c26d · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#c1bf78 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#ba8d93 · ΔE 46

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 28.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9cd12;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9cd12]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9cd12 (#b9cd12) is rgb(185, 205, 18) in RGB.

No, #b9cd12 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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