#b3bb5e

Color #b3bb5e

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b3bb5e

RGB

rgb(179, 187, 94)

HSL

hsl(65.2, 40.6%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.2, 49.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 49.7%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(73.5, -16.21, 45.72)

LCH

lch(73.5, 48.51, 109.52)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.1179, 113.24)

HWB

hwb(65.2, 36.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#665ebb

Analogous

#bb955e

#b3bb5e

#84bb5e

Triadic

#b3bb5e

#5eb3bb

#bb5eb3

Split-complementary

#b3bb5e

#5e84bb

#955ebb

Tetradic

#b3bb5e

#5ebb66

#665ebb

#bb5eb3

Square

#b3bb5e

#5ebb95

#665ebb

#bb5e84

Shades

Color #b3bb5e mixed toward black.

#9ca546

#7d8438

#5e632a

#3f421c

#1f210e

Tints

Color #b3bb5e mixed toward white.

#c0c679

#ccd294

#d9ddaf

#e6e8c9

#f2f4e4

Tones

Color #b3bb5e mixed toward gray.

#adb366

#a6ab6e

#a0a475

#999c7d

#939485

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b77d · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#b6b583 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#b39094 · ΔE 35.5

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3bb5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3bb5e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b3bb5e (#b3bb5e) is rgb(179, 187, 94) in RGB.

No, #b3bb5e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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