#b8b8af

Color #b8b8af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b8b8af

RGB

rgb(184, 184, 175)

HSL

hsl(60, 6%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 4.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(74.55, -1.64, 4.57)

LCH

lch(74.55, 4.86, 109.74)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.0125, 106.7)

HWB

hwb(60, 68.6%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afafb8

Analogous

#b8b4af

#b8b8af

#b4b8af

Triadic

#b8b8af

#afb8b8

#b8afb8

Split-complementary

#b8b8af

#afb4b8

#b4afb8

Tetradic

#b8b8af

#afb8af

#afafb8

#b8afb8

Square

#b8b8af

#afb8b4

#afafb8

#b8afb4

Shades

Color #b8b8af mixed toward black.

#9c9c8f

#7f7f70

#5f5f54

#3f3f38

#20201c

Tints

Color #b8b8af mixed toward white.

#c4c4bc

#d0d0ca

#dcdcd7

#e7e7e4

#f3f3f2

Tones

Color #b8b8af mixed toward gray.

#b7b7b0

#b7b7b1

#b6b6b1

#b5b5b2

#b4b4b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8b1 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#b8b8b2 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#b8b3b3 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 4.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8b8af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8b8af]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b8b8af (#b8b8af) is rgb(184, 184, 175) in RGB.

No, #b8b8af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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