#b5b48e

Color #b5b48e

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 12.29 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b48e

RGB

rgb(181, 180, 142)

HSL

hsl(58.5, 20.9%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.5, 21.5%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 21.5%, 29%)

LAB

lab(72.51, -6, 19.57)

LCH

lch(72.51, 20.47, 107.05)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0519, 106.34)

HWB

hwb(58.5, 55.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e8fb5

Analogous

#b5a08e

#b5b48e

#a2b58e

Triadic

#b5b48e

#8eb5b4

#b48eb5

Split-complementary

#b5b48e

#8ea2b5

#a08eb5

Tetradic

#b5b48e

#8fb58e

#8e8fb5

#b48eb5

Square

#b5b48e

#8eb5a0

#8e8fb5

#b58ea2

Shades

Color #b5b48e mixed toward black.

#a09e6d

#828155

#626140

#41402b

#212015

Tints

Color #b5b48e mixed toward white.

#c1c0a1

#cecdb4

#dad9c6

#e6e6d9

#f3f2ec

Tones

Color #b5b48e mixed toward gray.

#b2b191

#aeae94

#abab98

#a8a89b

#a5a59e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b598 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b5b59b · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#b5a0a1 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b48e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b48e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b48e (#b5b48e) is rgb(181, 180, 142) in RGB.

No, #b5b48e 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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