#b2b59e

Color #b2b59e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b2b59e

RGB

rgb(178, 181, 158)

HSL

hsl(67.8, 13.5%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.8, 12.7%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)

LAB

lab(72.88, -5.14, 11.37)

LCH

lch(72.88, 12.48, 114.33)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0321, 113.13)

HWB

hwb(67.8, 62%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a19eb5

Analogous

#b5ad9e

#b2b59e

#a7b59e

Triadic

#b2b59e

#9eb2b5

#b59eb2

Split-complementary

#b2b59e

#9ea7b5

#ad9eb5

Tetradic

#b2b59e

#9eb5a1

#a19eb5

#b59eb2

Square

#b2b59e

#9eb5ad

#a19eb5

#b59ea7

Shades

Color #b2b59e mixed toward black.

#999d7e

#7c8062

#5d6049

#3e4031

#1f2018

Tints

Color #b2b59e mixed toward white.

#bfc1ae

#cccebe

#d9dacf

#e5e6df

#f2f3ef

Tones

Color #b2b59e mixed toward gray.

#b1b3a0

#afb1a2

#aeafa4

#acada6

#ababa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10:1

Black text reads better on this background (10:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3a4 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#b3b3a5 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#b2a8a9 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b2b59e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b2b59e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b2b59e (#b2b59e) is rgb(178, 181, 158) in RGB.

No, #b2b59e 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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