#b8baa2

Color #b8baa2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 13.25 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b8baa2

RGB

rgb(184, 186, 162)

HSL

hsl(65, 14.8%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65, 12.9%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 12.9%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(74.77, -4.92, 11.95)

LCH

lch(74.77, 12.92, 112.38)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0331, 111.06)

HWB

hwb(65, 63.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a2ba

Analogous

#bab0a2

#b8baa2

#acbaa2

Triadic

#b8baa2

#a2b8ba

#baa2b8

Split-complementary

#b8baa2

#a2acba

#b0a2ba

Tetradic

#b8baa2

#a2baa4

#a4a2ba

#baa2b8

Square

#b8baa2

#a2bab0

#a4a2ba

#baa2ac

Shades

Color #b8baa2 mixed toward black.

#9fa181

#828563

#62644a

#414331

#212119

Tints

Color #b8baa2 mixed toward white.

#c4c5b1

#d0d1c1

#dbdcd0

#e7e8e0

#f3f3ef

Tones

Color #b8baa2 mixed toward gray.

#b6b8a4

#b5b6a6

#b3b4a8

#b1b2aa

#b0b0ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9a8 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#b9b9aa · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#b8adae · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8baa2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8baa2]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b8baa2 (#b8baa2) is rgb(184, 186, 162) in RGB.

No, #b8baa2 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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