#b8bd9a

Color #b8bd9a

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14.73 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b8bd9a

RGB

rgb(184, 189, 154)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 21%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 18.5%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 18.5%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(75.4, -7.78, 17.15)

LCH

lch(75.4, 18.83, 114.4)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0481, 114.17)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 60.4%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9abd

Analogous

#bdb19a

#b8bd9a

#a7bd9a

Triadic

#b8bd9a

#9ab8bd

#bd9ab8

Split-complementary

#b8bd9a

#9aa7bd

#b19abd

Tetradic

#b8bd9a

#9abd9f

#9f9abd

#bd9ab8

Square

#b8bd9a

#9abdb1

#9f9abd

#bd9aa7

Shades

Color #b8bd9a mixed toward black.

#a0a777

#848a5a

#636844

#42452d

#212317

Tints

Color #b8bd9a mixed toward white.

#c4c8ab

#d0d3bc

#dcdecd

#e7e9dd

#f3f4ee

Tones

Color #b8bd9a mixed toward gray.

#b6ba9d

#b4b7a0

#b2b4a3

#b0b1a6

#aeafa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babaa3 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#babaa6 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#b8aaac · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8bd9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8bd9a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b8bd9a (#b8bd9a) is rgb(184, 189, 154) in RGB.

No, #b8bd9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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