#b8aea4

Color #b8aea4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.09 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#b8aea4

RGB

rgb(184, 174, 164)

HSL

hsl(30, 12.3%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 10.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 10.9%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(71.65, 1.82, 6.41)

LCH

lch(71.65, 6.66, 74.15)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0182, 67.67)

HWB

hwb(30, 64.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4aeb8

Analogous

#b8a4a4

#b8aea4

#b8b8a4

Triadic

#b8aea4

#a4b8ae

#aea4b8

Split-complementary

#b8aea4

#a4b8b8

#a4a4b8

Tetradic

#b8aea4

#aeb8a4

#a4aeb8

#aea4b8

Square

#b8aea4

#a4b8a4

#a4aeb8

#b8a4b8

Shades

Color #b8aea4 mixed toward black.

#9e9183

#827466

#62574c

#413a33

#211d19

Tints

Color #b8aea4 mixed toward white.

#c4bbb3

#d0c9c2

#dbd6d1

#e7e4e1

#f3f1f0

Tones

Color #b8aea4 mixed toward gray.

#b6aea6

#b5aea7

#b3aea9

#b1aeab

#b0aeac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4a6 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#b4b5a7 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#b8a8a9 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8aea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8aea4]

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Bisque #ffe4c4

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#b8aea4 (#b8aea4) is rgb(184, 174, 164) in RGB.

No, #b8aea4 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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