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#B5BD41

#b5bd41 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b5bd41 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 74.12% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.23% cyan, 0% magenta, 65.61% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 63.87°, with 48.82% saturation and 49.8% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 7.12.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.466

Complementary

  1. #b5bd41
  2. #4941bd

Split complementary

  1. #b5bd41
  2. #4177bd
  3. #8741bd

Analogous

  1. #bd8741
  2. #b5bd41
  3. #77bd41

Triadic

  1. #b5bd41
  2. #41b5bd
  3. #bd41b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5bd41
  2. #41bd49
  3. #4941bd
  4. #bd41b5

Square

  1. #b5bd41
  2. #41bd87
  3. #4941bd
  4. #bd4177

Monochromatic

  1. #484b1a
  2. #7e842d
  3. #b5bd41
  4. #cbd179
  5. #e1e5b2

Shades

#b5bd41 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5bd41
  2. #a3aa3b
  3. #919734
  4. #7f842e
  5. #6d7127
  6. #5b5f21
  7. #484c1a
  8. #363914
  9. #24260d
  10. #121307
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5bd41 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5bd41
  2. #bcc454
  3. #c4ca67
  4. #cbd17a
  5. #d3d78d
  6. #dadea0
  7. #e1e5b3
  8. #e9ebc6
  9. #f0f2d9
  10. #f8f8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5bd41 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5bd41
  2. #b0b747
  3. #aab14e
  4. #a5ab54
  5. #a0a55a
  6. #9b9f61
  7. #959867
  8. #90926d
  9. #8b8c73
  10. #85867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b995 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb430 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb74a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1b2a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b837 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b946 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bcb787 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5bd41 {
  color: #b5bd41;
}
Background
.bg-b5bd41 {
  background-color: #b5bd41;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5bd41 {
  border: 2px solid #b5bd41;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5bd41;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 189 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 49% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5bd41 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5bd41, #77bd41);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5bd41 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 189 65 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.12 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.57 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.75 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.84 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.22 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 8.39 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.06 #4a42be Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#b5bd41  rgb(181, 189, 65)  hsl(64, 49%, 50%)  Dark Khaki
#4941bd  rgb(73, 65, 189)  hsl(244, 49%, 50%)  Ocean Blue
#41b5bd  rgb(65, 181, 189)  hsl(184, 49%, 50%)  Verdigris
#bd41b5  rgb(189, 65, 181)  hsl(304, 49%, 50%)  Medium Orchid