#b5d221

Color #b5d221

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 11.57 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b5d221

RGB

rgb(181, 210, 33)

HSL

hsl(69.8, 72.8%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.8, 84.3%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 84.3%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(79.63, -30.22, 74.58)

LCH

lch(79.63, 80.47, 112.06)

OKLCH

oklch(81.4%, 0.1849, 119.49)

HWB

hwb(69.8, 12.9%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e21d2

Analogous

#d29621

#b5d221

#5dd221

Triadic

#b5d221

#21b5d2

#d221b5

Split-complementary

#b5d221

#215dd2

#9621d2

Tetradic

#b5d221

#21d23e

#3e21d2

#d221b5

Square

#b5d221

#21d296

#3e21d2

#d2215d

Shades

Color #b5d221 mixed toward black.

#97af1c

#798c16

#5a6911

#3c460b

#1e2306

Tints

Color #b5d221 mixed toward white.

#c6e13f

#d2e765

#dded8c

#e8f3b2

#f4f9d9

Tones

Color #b5d221 mixed toward gray.

#abc330

#a1b43e

#97a64d

#8d975c

#83886b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c372 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#c1be7d · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#b79298 · ΔE 45

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5d221;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5d221]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#b5d221 (#b5d221) is rgb(181, 210, 33) in RGB.

No, #b5d221 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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