#bbbb77

Color #bbbb77

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 5.17 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 13.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbb77

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 119)

HSL

hsl(60, 33.3%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 36.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.4%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(74.47, -10.35, 34.48)

LCH

lch(74.47, 36, 106.71)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0891, 108.31)

HWB

hwb(60, 46.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7777bb

Analogous

#bb9977

#bbbb77

#99bb77

Triadic

#bbbb77

#77bbbb

#bb77bb

Split-complementary

#bbbb77

#7799bb

#9977bb

Tetradic

#bbbb77

#77bb77

#7777bb

#bb77bb

Square

#bbbb77

#77bb99

#7777bb

#bb7799

Shades

Color #bbbb77 mixed toward black.

#aaaa55

#888844

#666633

#444422

#222211

Tints

Color #bbbb77 mixed toward white.

#c6c68e

#d2d2a4

#ddddbb

#e8e8d2

#f4f4e8

Tones

Color #bbbb77 mixed toward gray.

#b5b57d

#b0b082

#aaaa88

#a4a48e

#9f9f93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbb8b · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#bbbb90 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#bb999c · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbb77;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbb77]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbb77 (#bbbb77) is rgb(187, 187, 119) in RGB.

No, #bbbb77 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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