#b5b8a3

Color #b5b8a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 11.96 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b8a3

RGB

rgb(181, 184, 163)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 12.9%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 11.4%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(74.03, -4.8, 10.32)

LCH

lch(74.03, 11.38, 114.94)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.0293, 113.76)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 63.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a3b8

Analogous

#b8b0a3

#b5b8a3

#aab8a3

Triadic

#b5b8a3

#a3b5b8

#b8a3b5

Split-complementary

#b5b8a3

#a3aab8

#b0a3b8

Tetradic

#b5b8a3

#a3b8a6

#a6a3b8

#b8a3b5

Square

#b5b8a3

#a3b8b0

#a6a3b8

#b8a3aa

Shades

Color #b5b8a3 mixed toward black.

#9b9f82

#7e8365

#5f624c

#3f4132

#202119

Tints

Color #b5b8a3 mixed toward white.

#c1c4b2

#ced0c2

#dadbd1

#e6e7e0

#f3f3f0

Tones

Color #b5b8a3 mixed toward gray.

#b4b6a5

#b2b4a6

#b1b3a8

#b0b1aa

#afafac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6a8 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#b6b6aa · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#b5adad · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 9.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b8a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b8a3]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b8a3 (#b5b8a3) is rgb(181, 184, 163) in RGB.

No, #b5b8a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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