#bbb6a2

Color #bbb6a2

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 11.58 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb6a2

RGB

rgb(187, 182, 162)

HSL

hsl(48, 15.5%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48, 13.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 13.4%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(73.95, -1.69, 10.82)

LCH

lch(73.95, 10.95, 98.88)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.0282, 95.49)

HWB

hwb(48, 63.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a7bb

Analogous

#bba9a2

#bbb6a2

#b3bba2

Triadic

#bbb6a2

#a2bbb6

#b6a2bb

Split-complementary

#bbb6a2

#a2b3bb

#a9a2bb

Tetradic

#bbb6a2

#a7bba2

#a2a7bb

#b6a2bb

Square

#bbb6a2

#a2bba9

#a2a7bb

#bba2b3

Shades

Color #bbb6a2 mixed toward black.

#a29c80

#867f62

#655f4a

#434031

#222019

Tints

Color #bbb6a2 mixed toward white.

#c6c2b1

#d2cec1

#dddad0

#e8e7e0

#f4f3ef

Tones

Color #bbb6a2 mixed toward gray.

#b9b5a4

#b7b3a6

#b5b2a8

#b3b1aa

#b1b0ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9a7 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#b9baa8 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#bbabac · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb6a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb6a2]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#bbb6a2 (#bbb6a2) is rgb(187, 182, 162) in RGB.

No, #bbb6a2 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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