#b8b8a4

Color #b8b8a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#b8b8a4

RGB

rgb(184, 184, 164)

HSL

hsl(60, 12.3%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 10.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(74.29, -3.53, 10.17)

LCH

lch(74.29, 10.77, 109.14)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.0276, 107.06)

HWB

hwb(60, 64.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a4b8

Analogous

#b8aea4

#b8b8a4

#aeb8a4

Triadic

#b8b8a4

#a4b8b8

#b8a4b8

Split-complementary

#b8b8a4

#a4aeb8

#aea4b8

Tetradic

#b8b8a4

#a4b8a4

#a4a4b8

#b8a4b8

Square

#b8b8a4

#a4b8ae

#a4a4b8

#b8a4ae

Shades

Color #b8b8a4 mixed toward black.

#9e9e83

#828266

#62624c

#414133

#212119

Tints

Color #b8b8a4 mixed toward white.

#c4c4b3

#d0d0c2

#dbdbd1

#e7e7e1

#f3f3f0

Tones

Color #b8b8a4 mixed toward gray.

#b6b6a6

#b5b5a7

#b3b3a9

#b1b1ab

#b0b0ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8a9 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#b8b8aa · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#b8adae · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 9.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8b8a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8b8a4]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b8b8a4 (#b8b8a4) is rgb(184, 184, 164) in RGB.

No, #b8b8a4 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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