#b9b9b7

Color #b9b9b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 2.81 Nearest Tailwind class stone-300 #d6d3d1 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b9b9b7

RGB

rgb(185, 185, 183)

HSL

hsl(60, 1.4%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 1.1%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(75.1, -0.37, 1.01)

LCH

lch(75.1, 1.08, 110.12)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0028, 106.5)

HWB

hwb(60, 71.8%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7b7b9

Analogous

#b9b8b7

#b9b9b7

#b8b9b7

Triadic

#b9b9b7

#b7b9b9

#b9b7b9

Split-complementary

#b9b9b7

#b7b8b9

#b8b7b9

Tetradic

#b9b9b7

#b7b9b7

#b7b7b9

#b9b7b9

Square

#b9b9b7

#b7b9b8

#b7b7b9

#b9b7b8

Shades

Color #b9b9b7 mixed toward black.

#9b9b98

#7c7c79

#5d5d5b

#3e3e3d

#1f1f1e

Tints

Color #b9b9b7 mixed toward white.

#c5c5c3

#d0d0cf

#dcdcdb

#e8e8e7

#f3f3f3

Tones

Color #b9b9b7 mixed toward gray.

#b9b9b7

#b9b9b8

#b8b8b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9b7 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#b9b9b8 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#b9b8b8 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 1.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b9b9b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9b9b7]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9b9b7 (#b9b9b7) is rgb(185, 185, 183) in RGB.

No, #b9b9b7 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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