#b6b6a9

Color #b6b6a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 8.07 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b6a9

RGB

rgb(182, 182, 169)

HSL

hsl(60, 8.2%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 7.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.1%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(73.72, -2.34, 6.62)

LCH

lch(73.72, 7.02, 109.47)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0181, 106.73)

HWB

hwb(60, 66.3%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a9b6

Analogous

#b6afa9

#b6b6a9

#afb6a9

Triadic

#b6b6a9

#a9b6b6

#b6a9b6

Split-complementary

#b6b6a9

#a9afb6

#afa9b6

Tetradic

#b6b6a9

#a9b6a9

#a9a9b6

#b6a9b6

Square

#b6b6a9

#a9b6af

#a9a9b6

#b6a9af

Shades

Color #b6b6a9 mixed toward black.

#9b9b89

#7f7f6b

#5f5f51

#3f3f36

#20201b

Tints

Color #b6b6a9 mixed toward white.

#c2c2b7

#cecec6

#dadad4

#e7e7e2

#f3f3f1

Tones

Color #b6b6a9 mixed toward gray.

#b5b5aa

#b4b4ab

#b3b3ac

#b2b2ad

#b1b1ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6ac · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#b6b6ad · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#b6afaf · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 6.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b6a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b6a9]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b6b6a9 (#b6b6a9) is rgb(182, 182, 169) in RGB.

No, #b6b6a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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