#bbb79b

Color #bbb79b

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 12.81 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb79b

RGB

rgb(187, 183, 155)

HSL

hsl(52.5, 19%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(52.5, 17.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 17.1%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(74.06, -3.34, 14.77)

LCH

lch(74.06, 15.14, 102.74)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.0387, 100.58)

HWB

hwb(52.5, 60.8%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9fbb

Analogous

#bba79b

#bbb79b

#afbb9b

Triadic

#bbb79b

#9bbbb7

#b79bbb

Split-complementary

#bbb79b

#9bafbb

#a79bbb

Tetradic

#bbb79b

#9fbb9b

#9b9fbb

#b79bbb

Square

#bbb79b

#9bbba7

#9b9fbb

#bb9baf

Shades

Color #bbb79b mixed toward black.

#a49f79

#88825c

#666245

#44412e

#222117

Tints

Color #bbb79b mixed toward white.

#c6c3ac

#d2cfbc

#dddbcd

#e8e7de

#f4f3ee

Tones

Color #bbb79b mixed toward gray.

#b8b59e

#b6b3a0

#b3b1a3

#b0afa6

#aeada8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9a2 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#babaa4 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#bba8a9 · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb79b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb79b]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Gold #ffd700

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Frequently asked questions

#bbb79b (#bbb79b) is rgb(187, 183, 155) in RGB.

No, #bbb79b 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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