#b3b4ac

Color #b3b4ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.77 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#b3b4ac

RGB

rgb(179, 180, 172)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 5.1%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 4.4%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(73.03, -1.82, 3.95)

LCH

lch(73.03, 4.35, 114.74)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.0113, 112.46)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 67.5%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adacb4

Analogous

#b4b1ac

#b3b4ac

#afb4ac

Triadic

#b3b4ac

#acb3b4

#b4acb3

Split-complementary

#b3b4ac

#acafb4

#b1acb4

Tetradic

#b3b4ac

#acb4ad

#adacb4

#b4acb3

Square

#b3b4ac

#acb4b1

#adacb4

#b4acaf

Shades

Color #b3b4ac mixed toward black.

#97988d

#7a7b6f

#5b5c53

#3d3e38

#1e1f1c

Tints

Color #b3b4ac mixed toward white.

#c0c0ba

#cccdc8

#d9d9d5

#e6e6e3

#f2f2f1

Tones

Color #b3b4ac mixed toward gray.

#b2b3ad

#b1b2ae

#b1b1af

#b0b1af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3ae · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#b3b3ae · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#b3b0b0 · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3b4ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3b4ac]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b3b4ac (#b3b4ac) is rgb(179, 180, 172) in RGB.

No, #b3b4ac 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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