#b9baa7

Color #b9baa7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 10.58 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b9baa7

RGB

rgb(185, 186, 167)

HSL

hsl(63.2, 12.1%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.2, 10.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 10.2%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(74.96, -3.72, 9.52)

LCH

lch(74.96, 10.22, 111.34)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0263, 109.33)

HWB

hwb(63.2, 65.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8a7ba

Analogous

#bab1a7

#b9baa7

#afbaa7

Triadic

#b9baa7

#a7b9ba

#baa7b9

Split-complementary

#b9baa7

#a7afba

#b1a7ba

Tetradic

#b9baa7

#a7baa8

#a8a7ba

#baa7b9

Square

#b9baa7

#a7bab1

#a8a7ba

#baa7af

Shades

Color #b9baa7 mixed toward black.

#9fa086

#828467

#62634e

#414234

#21211a

Tints

Color #b9baa7 mixed toward white.

#c5c5b6

#d0d1c4

#dcdcd3

#e8e8e2

#f3f3f0

Tones

Color #b9baa7 mixed toward gray.

#b8b8a9

#b6b7aa

#b5b5ac

#b3b4ad

#b2b2af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9ac · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#b9b9ad · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#b9b0b0 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 8.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b9baa7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9baa7]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9baa7 (#b9baa7) is rgb(185, 186, 167) in RGB.

No, #b9baa7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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