#bbad73

Color #bbad73

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 9.71 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bbad73

RGB

rgb(187, 173, 115)

HSL

hsl(48.3, 34.6%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.3, 38.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 38.5%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(70.66, -3.47, 31.64)

LCH

lch(70.66, 31.83, 96.26)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0784, 96.23)

HWB

hwb(48.3, 45.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7381bb

Analogous

#bb8973

#bbad73

#a5bb73

Triadic

#bbad73

#73bbad

#ad73bb

Split-complementary

#bbad73

#73a5bb

#8973bb

Tetradic

#bbad73

#81bb73

#7381bb

#ad73bb

Square

#bbad73

#73bb89

#7381bb

#bb73a5

Shades

Color #bbad73 mixed toward black.

#a99852

#877a42

#665b31

#443d21

#221e10

Tints

Color #bbad73 mixed toward white.

#c6bb8a

#d2c8a2

#ddd6b9

#e8e4d0

#f4f1e8

Tones

Color #bbad73 mixed toward gray.

#b5a979

#afa67f

#a9a285

#a39e8b

#9d9b91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b584 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#b6b788 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#ba9092 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbad73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbad73]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#bbad73 (#bbad73) is rgb(187, 173, 115) in RGB.

No, #bbad73 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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