#b5b6a5

Color #b5b6a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 10.09 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b6a5

RGB

rgb(181, 182, 165)

HSL

hsl(63.5, 10.4%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.5, 9.3%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 9.3%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(73.54, -3.4, 8.54)

LCH

lch(73.54, 9.19, 111.71)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.0237, 109.74)

HWB

hwb(63.5, 64.7%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a5b6

Analogous

#b6aea5

#b5b6a5

#acb6a5

Triadic

#b5b6a5

#a5b5b6

#b6a5b5

Split-complementary

#b5b6a5

#a5acb6

#aea5b6

Tetradic

#b5b6a5

#a5b6a6

#a6a5b6

#b6a5b5

Square

#b5b6a5

#a5b6ae

#a6a5b6

#b6a5ac

Shades

Color #b5b6a5 mixed toward black.

#9b9c85

#7e8068

#5f604e

#3f4034

#20201a

Tints

Color #b5b6a5 mixed toward white.

#c1c2b4

#cecec3

#dadad2

#e6e7e1

#f3f3f0

Tones

Color #b5b6a5 mixed toward gray.

#b4b4a6

#b2b3a8

#b1b2a9

#b0b0ab

#afafac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5a9 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#b5b5aa · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#b5adad · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 8.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b6a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b6a5]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b6a5 (#b5b6a5) is rgb(181, 182, 165) in RGB.

No, #b5b6a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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