#b5b98f

Color #b5b98f

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b98f

RGB

rgb(181, 185, 143)

HSL

hsl(65.7, 23.1%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.7, 22.7%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 22.7%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(73.87, -8.48, 20.91)

LCH

lch(73.87, 22.56, 112.07)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.0573, 112.14)

HWB

hwb(65.7, 56.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#938fb9

Analogous

#b9a88f

#b5b98f

#a0b98f

Triadic

#b5b98f

#8fb5b9

#b98fb5

Split-complementary

#b5b98f

#8fa0b9

#a88fb9

Tetradic

#b5b98f

#8fb993

#938fb9

#b98fb5

Square

#b5b98f

#8fb9a8

#938fb9

#b98fa0

Shades

Color #b5b98f mixed toward black.

#9fa46d

#828754

#61653f

#41432a

#202215

Tints

Color #b5b98f mixed toward white.

#c1c5a2

#ced0b4

#dadcc7

#e6e8da

#f3f3ec

Tones

Color #b5b98f mixed toward gray.

#b2b592

#afb296

#acae99

#aaab9d

#a7a7a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b79b · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#b7b69d · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#b5a3a5 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b98f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b98f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b98f (#b5b98f) is rgb(181, 185, 143) in RGB.

No, #b5b98f 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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