#b8bd9b

Color #b8bd9b

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14.85 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b8bd9b

RGB

rgb(184, 189, 155)

HSL

hsl(68.8, 20.5%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.8, 18%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 18%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(75.42, -7.62, 16.64)

LCH

lch(75.42, 18.3, 114.6)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0469, 114.32)

HWB

hwb(68.8, 60.8%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a09bbd

Analogous

#bdb19b

#b8bd9b

#a7bd9b

Triadic

#b8bd9b

#9bb8bd

#bd9bb8

Split-complementary

#b8bd9b

#9ba7bd

#b19bbd

Tetradic

#b8bd9b

#9bbda0

#a09bbd

#bd9bb8

Square

#b8bd9b

#9bbdb1

#a09bbd

#bd9ba7

Shades

Color #b8bd9b mixed toward black.

#a0a679

#838a5b

#636844

#42452e

#212317

Tints

Color #b8bd9b mixed toward white.

#c4c8ac

#d0d3bc

#dcdecd

#e7e9de

#f3f4ee

Tones

Color #b8bd9b mixed toward gray.

#b6ba9e

#b4b7a1

#b2b5a4

#b0b2a6

#aeafa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babaa4 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#babaa6 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#b8abac · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8bd9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8bd9b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b8bd9b (#b8bd9b) is rgb(184, 189, 155) in RGB.

No, #b8bd9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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