#b5b5aa

Color #b5b5aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.25 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b5aa

RGB

rgb(181, 181, 170)

HSL

hsl(60, 6.9%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 6.1%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%)

LAB

lab(73.4, -1.99, 5.6)

LCH

lch(73.4, 5.94, 109.56)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0153, 106.66)

HWB

hwb(60, 66.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaaab5

Analogous

#b5afaa

#b5b5aa

#afb5aa

Triadic

#b5b5aa

#aab5b5

#b5aab5

Split-complementary

#b5b5aa

#aaafb5

#afaab5

Tetradic

#b5b5aa

#aab5aa

#aaaab5

#b5aab5

Square

#b5b5aa

#aab5af

#aaaab5

#b5aaaf

Shades

Color #b5b5aa mixed toward black.

#9a9a8b

#7d7d6d

#5e5e52

#3f3f36

#1f1f1b

Tints

Color #b5b5aa mixed toward white.

#c1c1b8

#cecec6

#dadad4

#e6e6e3

#f3f3f1

Tones

Color #b5b5aa mixed toward gray.

#b4b4ab

#b3b3ac

#b2b2ad

#b1b1ae

#b0b0af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5ad · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#b5b5ad · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#b5afaf · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 5.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b5aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b5aa]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b5aa (#b5b5aa) is rgb(181, 181, 170) in RGB.

No, #b5b5aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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