#bbac73

Color #bbac73

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 10.35 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbac73

RGB

rgb(187, 172, 115)

HSL

hsl(47.5, 34.6%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.5, 38.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8%, 38.5%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(70.39, -2.94, 31.29)

LCH

lch(70.39, 31.43, 95.37)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0774, 95.11)

HWB

hwb(47.5, 45.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7382bb

Analogous

#bb8873

#bbac73

#a6bb73

Triadic

#bbac73

#73bbac

#ac73bb

Split-complementary

#bbac73

#73a6bb

#8873bb

Tetradic

#bbac73

#82bb73

#7382bb

#ac73bb

Square

#bbac73

#73bb88

#7382bb

#bb73a6

Shades

Color #bbac73 mixed toward black.

#a99752

#877942

#665b31

#443c21

#221e10

Tints

Color #bbac73 mixed toward white.

#c6ba8a

#d2c8a2

#ddd5b9

#e8e3d0

#f4f1e8

Tones

Color #bbac73 mixed toward gray.

#b5a879

#afa57f

#a9a185

#a39e8b

#9d9a91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b584 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#b6b787 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#ba8f92 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 18.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbac73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbac73]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#bbac73 (#bbac73) is rgb(187, 172, 115) in RGB.

No, #bbac73 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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