#b4bb8b

Color #b4bb8b

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 14.6 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b4bb8b

RGB

rgb(180, 187, 139)

HSL

hsl(68.7, 26.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.7, 25.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 25.7%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(74.26, -10.48, 23.57)

LCH

lch(74.26, 25.79, 113.97)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.0655, 114.73)

HWB

hwb(68.7, 54.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#928bbb

Analogous

#bbaa8b

#b4bb8b

#9cbb8b

Triadic

#b4bb8b

#8bb4bb

#bb8bb4

Split-complementary

#b4bb8b

#8b9cbb

#aa8bbb

Tetradic

#b4bb8b

#8bbb92

#928bbb

#bb8bb4

Square

#b4bb8b

#8bbbaa

#928bbb

#bb8b9c

Shades

Color #b4bb8b mixed toward black.

#9ea769

#818950

#61673c

#404428

#202214

Tints

Color #b4bb8b mixed toward white.

#c1c69e

#cdd2b2

#daddc5

#e6e8d8

#f3f4ec

Tones

Color #b4bb8b mixed toward gray.

#b1b78f

#aeb393

#abaf97

#a9ab9b

#a6a79f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b798 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#b7b69b · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#b4a2a4 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4bb8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4bb8b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b4bb8b (#b4bb8b) is rgb(180, 187, 139) in RGB.

No, #b4bb8b 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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