#c5c5bf

Color #c5c5bf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 3.6 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c5c5bf

RGB

rgb(197, 197, 191)

HSL

hsl(60, 4.9%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 3%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(79.37, -1.09, 3)

LCH

lch(79.37, 3.19, 109.97)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.0083, 106.9)

HWB

hwb(60, 74.9%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfbfc5

Analogous

#c5c2bf

#c5c5bf

#c2c5bf

Triadic

#c5c5bf

#bfc5c5

#c5bfc5

Split-complementary

#c5c5bf

#bfc2c5

#c2bfc5

Tetradic

#c5c5bf

#bfc5bf

#bfbfc5

#c5bfc5

Square

#c5c5bf

#bfc5c2

#bfbfc5

#c5bfc2

Shades

Color #c5c5bf mixed toward black.

#a6a69d

#88887b

#66665c

#44443e

#22221f

Tints

Color #c5c5bf mixed toward white.

#cfcfca

#d8d8d4

#e2e2df

#ececea

#f5f5f4

Tones

Color #c5c5bf mixed toward gray.

#c5c5c0

#c4c4c0

#c4c4c1

#c3c3c1

#c3c3c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c5c5c0 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#c5c5c1 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#c5c2c2 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 3.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5c5bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5c5bf]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c5c5bf (#c5c5bf) is rgb(197, 197, 191) in RGB.

No, #c5c5bf 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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