#b2ae96

Color #b2ae96

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b2ae96

RGB

rgb(178, 174, 150)

HSL

hsl(51.4, 15.4%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.4, 15.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 15.7%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(70.83, -2.72, 12.85)

LCH

lch(70.83, 13.13, 101.95)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0337, 99.41)

HWB

hwb(51.4, 58.8%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969ab2

Analogous

#b2a096

#b2ae96

#a8b296

Triadic

#b2ae96

#96b2ae

#ae96b2

Split-complementary

#b2ae96

#96a8b2

#a096b2

Tetradic

#b2ae96

#9ab296

#969ab2

#ae96b2

Square

#b2ae96

#96b2a0

#969ab2

#b296a8

Shades

Color #b2ae96 mixed toward black.

#9b9676

#7e795c

#5f5b45

#3f3d2e

#201e17

Tints

Color #b2ae96 mixed toward white.

#bfbba7

#ccc9b9

#d8d6ca

#e5e4dc

#f2f1ed

Tones

Color #b2ae96 mixed toward gray.

#b0ac98

#adab9b

#aba99d

#a9a79f

#a6a6a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b09c · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#b1b19e · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#b2a1a2 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b2ae96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b2ae96]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#b2ae96 (#b2ae96) is rgb(178, 174, 150) in RGB.

No, #b2ae96 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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