#b6b991

Color #b6b991

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 13.6 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b991

RGB

rgb(182, 185, 145)

HSL

hsl(64.5, 22.2%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.5, 21.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 21.6%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(73.99, -7.8, 20.01)

LCH

lch(73.99, 21.48, 111.3)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0546, 111.16)

HWB

hwb(64.5, 56.9%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9491b9

Analogous

#b9a891

#b6b991

#a2b991

Triadic

#b6b991

#91b6b9

#b991b6

Split-complementary

#b6b991

#91a2b9

#a891b9

Tetradic

#b6b991

#91b994

#9491b9

#b991b6

Square

#b6b991

#91b9a8

#9491b9

#b991a2

Shades

Color #b6b991 mixed toward black.

#a0a46f

#838656

#626540

#41432b

#212215

Tints

Color #b6b991 mixed toward white.

#c2c5a3

#ced0b6

#dadcc8

#e7e8da

#f3f3ed

Tones

Color #b6b991 mixed toward gray.

#b3b694

#b0b298

#adaf9b

#abac9e

#a8a8a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b79c · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#b7b79e · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#b6a4a6 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b991;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b991]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b6b991 (#b6b991) is rgb(182, 185, 145) in RGB.

No, #b6b991 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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