#b4b5ae

Color #b4b5ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.66 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b4b5ae

RGB

rgb(180, 181, 174)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 4.5%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 3.9%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)

LAB

lab(73.42, -1.64, 3.44)

LCH

lch(73.42, 3.81, 115.49)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0098, 113.43)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 68.2%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afaeb5

Analogous

#b5b2ae

#b4b5ae

#b0b5ae

Triadic

#b4b5ae

#aeb4b5

#b5aeb4

Split-complementary

#b4b5ae

#aeb0b5

#b2aeb5

Tetradic

#b4b5ae

#aeb5af

#afaeb5

#b5aeb4

Square

#b4b5ae

#aeb5b2

#afaeb5

#b5aeb0

Shades

Color #b4b5ae mixed toward black.

#97998f

#7a7c71

#5c5d55

#3d3e38

#1f1f1c

Tints

Color #b4b5ae mixed toward white.

#c0c1bb

#cdcec9

#d9dad6

#e6e6e4

#f2f3f1

Tones

Color #b4b5ae mixed toward gray.

#b4b4af

#b3b4af

#b3b3b0

#b2b3b0

#b2b2b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4b0 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#b4b4b0 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#b4b1b1 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 3.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b4b5ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4b5ae]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b4b5ae (#b4b5ae) is rgb(180, 181, 174) in RGB.

No, #b4b5ae 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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