#bbbbaa

Color #bbbbaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 9.4 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbbaa

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 170)

HSL

hsl(60, 11.1%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 9.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.1%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(75.46, -3.02, 8.62)

LCH

lch(75.46, 9.13, 109.31)

OKLCH

oklch(78.7%, 0.0235, 106.82)

HWB

hwb(60, 66.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaaabb

Analogous

#bbb3aa

#bbbbaa

#b3bbaa

Triadic

#bbbbaa

#aabbbb

#bbaabb

Split-complementary

#bbbbaa

#aab3bb

#b3aabb

Tetradic

#bbbbaa

#aabbaa

#aaaabb

#bbaabb

Square

#bbbbaa

#aabbb3

#aaaabb

#bbaab3

Shades

Color #bbbbaa mixed toward black.

#a1a189

#84846a

#63634f

#424235

#21211a

Tints

Color #bbbbaa mixed toward white.

#c6c6b8

#d2d2c6

#ddddd5

#e8e8e3

#f4f4f1

Tones

Color #bbbbaa mixed toward gray.

#babaab

#b8b8ad

#b7b7ae

#b5b5b0

#b4b4b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbae · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#bbbbaf · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#bbb2b2 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbbaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbbaa]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbbaa (#bbbbaa) is rgb(187, 187, 170) in RGB.

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

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