#b5b5a7

Color #b5b5a7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.6 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b5a7

RGB

rgb(181, 181, 167)

HSL

hsl(60, 8.6%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 7.7%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.7%, 29%)

LAB

lab(73.33, -2.52, 7.13)

LCH

lch(73.33, 7.56, 109.47)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.0195, 106.67)

HWB

hwb(60, 65.5%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a7b5

Analogous

#b5aea7

#b5b5a7

#aeb5a7

Triadic

#b5b5a7

#a7b5b5

#b5a7b5

Split-complementary

#b5b5a7

#a7aeb5

#aea7b5

Tetradic

#b5b5a7

#a7b5a7

#a7a7b5

#b5a7b5

Square

#b5b5a7

#a7b5ae

#a7a7b5

#b5a7ae

Shades

Color #b5b5a7 mixed toward black.

#9a9a87

#7e7e6a

#5e5e4f

#3f3f35

#1f1f1a

Tints

Color #b5b5a7 mixed toward white.

#c1c1b6

#cecec4

#dadad3

#e6e6e2

#f3f3f0

Tones

Color #b5b5a7 mixed toward gray.

#b4b4a8

#b3b3a9

#b1b1aa

#b0b0ac

#afafad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5ab · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#b5b5ab · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#b5adae · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b5a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b5a7]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b5a7 (#b5b5a7) is rgb(181, 181, 167) in RGB.

No, #b5b5a7 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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