#b3b3aa

Color #b3b3aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.98 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b3b3aa

RGB

rgb(179, 179, 170)

HSL

hsl(60, 5.6%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 5%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 5%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(72.71, -1.64, 4.59)

LCH

lch(72.71, 4.87, 109.66)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0126, 106.57)

HWB

hwb(60, 66.7%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaaab3

Analogous

#b3aeaa

#b3b3aa

#aeb3aa

Triadic

#b3b3aa

#aab3b3

#b3aab3

Split-complementary

#b3b3aa

#aaaeb3

#aeaab3

Tetradic

#b3b3aa

#aab3aa

#aaaab3

#b3aab3

Square

#b3b3aa

#aab3ae

#aaaab3

#b3aaae

Shades

Color #b3b3aa mixed toward black.

#97978b

#7b7b6e

#5c5c52

#3d3d37

#1f1f1b

Tints

Color #b3b3aa mixed toward white.

#c0c0b8

#ccccc6

#d9d9d4

#e6e6e3

#f2f2f1

Tones

Color #b3b3aa mixed toward gray.

#b2b2ab

#b1b1ab

#b1b1ac

#b0b0ad

#afafae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3ac · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#b3b3ad · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#b3aeae · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3b3aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3b3aa]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b3b3aa (#b3b3aa) is rgb(179, 179, 170) in RGB.

No, #b3b3aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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