#b0b298

Color #b0b298

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 14.33 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b0b298

RGB

rgb(176, 178, 152)

HSL

hsl(64.6, 14.4%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.6, 14.6%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 14.6%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(71.78, -5.28, 13.08)

LCH

lch(71.78, 14.11, 111.98)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.0361, 110.74)

HWB

hwb(64.6, 59.6%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a98b2

Analogous

#b2a798

#b0b298

#a3b298

Triadic

#b0b298

#98b0b2

#b298b0

Split-complementary

#b0b298

#98a3b2

#a798b2

Tetradic

#b0b298

#98b29a

#9a98b2

#b298b0

Square

#b0b298

#98b2a7

#9a98b2

#b298a3

Shades

Color #b0b298 mixed toward black.

#989a79

#7b7e5e

#5d5e47

#3e3f2f

#1f1f18

Tints

Color #b0b298 mixed toward white.

#bdbfa9

#caccba

#d7d8cc

#e5e5dd

#f2f2ee

Tones

Color #b0b298 mixed toward gray.

#aeb09a

#acae9c

#aaab9f

#a9a9a1

#a7a7a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b19f · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#b1b1a0 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#b0a4a5 · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b0b298;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b0b298]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b0b298 (#b0b298) is rgb(176, 178, 152) in RGB.

No, #b0b298 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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