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#b4b6a3

Color #b4b6a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Conversions

HEX
#b4b6a3
RGB
rgb(180, 182, 163)
HSL
hsl(66.3, 11.5%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSB
hsv(66.3, 10.4%, 71.4%)
CMYK
cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 10.4%, 28.6%)
LAB
lab(73.42, -4.1, 9.44)
LCH
lch(73.42, 10.29, 113.48)
OKLCH
oklch(76.9%, 0.0265, 111.92)
HWB
hwb(66.3, 63.9%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a3b6

Analogous

#b6aea3
#b4b6a3
#aab6a3

Triadic

#b4b6a3
#a3b4b6
#b6a3b4

Split-complementary

#b4b6a3
#a3aab6
#aea3b6

Tetradic

#b4b6a3
#a3b6a5
#a5a3b6
#b6a3b4

Square

#b4b6a3
#a3b6ae
#a5a3b6
#b6a3aa

Shades

Color #b4b6a3 mixed toward black.

#9a9c83
#7d8066
#5e604c
#3f4033
#1f2019

Tints

Color #b4b6a3 mixed toward white.

#c0c2b2
#cdcec2
#d9dad1
#e6e7e0
#f2f3f0

Tones

Color #b4b6a3 mixed toward gray.

#b3b4a4
#b1b3a6
#b0b1a8
#afb0a9
#aeaeab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color
2.07:1
Aa Black text on this color
10.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5a8 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b5b5a9 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#b4acac · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS
background-color: #b4b6a3;
Tailwind (arbitrary value)
bg-[#b4b6a3]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0
Beige #f5f5dc
Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2
Light Yellow #ffffe0
Olive #808000
Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b4b6a3 (#b4b6a3) is rgb(180, 182, 163) in RGB.

No, #b4b6a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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