#b4b49f

Color #b4b49f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.9 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b4b49f

RGB

rgb(180, 180, 159)

HSL

hsl(60, 12.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 11.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.7%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(72.79, -3.71, 10.73)

LCH

lch(72.79, 11.35, 109.07)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0291, 107.19)

HWB

hwb(60, 62.4%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9fb4

Analogous

#b4aa9f

#b4b49f

#aab49f

Triadic

#b4b49f

#9fb4b4

#b49fb4

Split-complementary

#b4b49f

#9faab4

#aa9fb4

Tetradic

#b4b49f

#9fb49f

#9f9fb4

#b49fb4

Square

#b4b49f

#9fb4aa

#9f9fb4

#b49faa

Shades

Color #b4b49f mixed toward black.

#9b9b7f

#7f7f63

#5f5f4a

#3f3f32

#202019

Tints

Color #b4b49f mixed toward white.

#c1c1af

#cdcdbf

#dadacf

#e6e6df

#f3f3ef

Tones

Color #b4b49f mixed toward gray.

#b2b2a1

#b1b1a3

#afafa4

#adada6

#ababa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4a4 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#b4b4a6 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#b4a9a9 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 9.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4b49f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4b49f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b4b49f (#b4b49f) is rgb(180, 180, 159) in RGB.

No, #b4b49f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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