#b9b1a4

Color #b9b1a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.35 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#b9b1a4

RGB

rgb(185, 177, 164)

HSL

hsl(37.1, 13%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.1, 11.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 11.4%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(72.52, 0.58, 7.66)

LCH

lch(72.52, 7.68, 85.67)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0203, 80.07)

HWB

hwb(37.1, 64.3%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4acb9

Analogous

#b9a6a4

#b9b1a4

#b6b9a4

Triadic

#b9b1a4

#a4b9b1

#b1a4b9

Split-complementary

#b9b1a4

#a4b6b9

#a6a4b9

Tetradic

#b9b1a4

#acb9a4

#a4acb9

#b1a4b9

Square

#b9b1a4

#a4b9a6

#a4acb9

#b9a4b6

Shades

Color #b9b1a4 mixed toward black.

#a09583

#837865

#635a4c

#423c33

#211e19

Tints

Color #b9b1a4 mixed toward white.

#c5beb3

#d0cbc2

#dcd8d1

#e8e5e1

#f3f2f0

Tones

Color #b9b1a4 mixed toward gray.

#b7b0a6

#b5b0a7

#b4b0a9

#b2afab

#b0afad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6a7 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#b6b7a8 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#b9aaaa · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b9b1a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9b1a4]

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Frequently asked questions

#b9b1a4 (#b9b1a4) is rgb(185, 177, 164) in RGB.

No, #b9b1a4 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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