#b6ac9c

Color #b6ac9c

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.68 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b6ac9c

RGB

rgb(182, 172, 156)

HSL

hsl(36.9, 15.1%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.9, 14.3%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 14.3%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(70.77, 0.83, 9.52)

LCH

lch(70.77, 9.56, 85.02)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0252, 79.72)

HWB

hwb(36.9, 61.2%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca6b6

Analogous

#b69f9c

#b6ac9c

#b3b69c

Triadic

#b6ac9c

#9cb6ac

#ac9cb6

Split-complementary

#b6ac9c

#9cb3b6

#9f9cb6

Tetradic

#b6ac9c

#a6b69c

#9ca6b6

#ac9cb6

Square

#b6ac9c

#9cb69f

#9ca6b6

#b69cb3

Shades

Color #b6ac9c mixed toward black.

#9e917c

#827560

#615748

#413a30

#201d18

Tints

Color #b6ac9c mixed toward white.

#c2baad

#cec8bd

#dbd6ce

#e7e3de

#f3f1ef

Tones

Color #b6ac9c mixed toward gray.

#b4ac9e

#b2aba0

#b0aba3

#adaaa5

#abaaa7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2a0 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#b2b3a1 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#b6a3a4 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6ac9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6ac9c]

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Frequently asked questions

#b6ac9c (#b6ac9c) is rgb(182, 172, 156) in RGB.

No, #b6ac9c 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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