#b9baae

Color #b9baae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.96 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b9baae

RGB

rgb(185, 186, 174)

HSL

hsl(65, 8%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65, 6.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(75.13, -2.52, 5.96)

LCH

lch(75.13, 6.47, 112.92)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0167, 110.72)

HWB

hwb(65, 68.2%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afaeba

Analogous

#bab5ae

#b9baae

#b3baae

Triadic

#b9baae

#aeb9ba

#baaeb9

Split-complementary

#b9baae

#aeb3ba

#b5aeba

Tetradic

#b9baae

#aebaaf

#afaeba

#baaeb9

Square

#b9baae

#aebab5

#afaeba

#baaeb3

Shades

Color #b9baae mixed toward black.

#9d9e8e

#80826e

#606153

#404137

#20201c

Tints

Color #b9baae mixed toward white.

#c5c6bc

#d0d1c9

#dcddd7

#e8e8e4

#f3f4f2

Tones

Color #b9baae mixed toward gray.

#b8b9af

#b7b8b0

#b7b7b1

#b6b6b2

#b5b5b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9b1 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#b9b9b2 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#b9b3b4 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9baae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9baae]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9baae (#b9baae) is rgb(185, 186, 174) in RGB.

No, #b9baae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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