#b9baab

Color #b9baab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 8.49 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b9baab

RGB

rgb(185, 186, 171)

HSL

hsl(64, 9.8%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64, 8.1%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(75.06, -3.04, 7.48)

LCH

lch(75.06, 8.07, 112.12)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0208, 109.91)

HWB

hwb(64, 67.1%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acabba

Analogous

#bab3ab

#b9baab

#b2baab

Triadic

#b9baab

#abb9ba

#baabb9

Split-complementary

#b9baab

#abb2ba

#b3abba

Tetradic

#b9baab

#abbaac

#acabba

#baabb9

Square

#b9baab

#abbab3

#acabba

#baabb2

Shades

Color #b9baab mixed toward black.

#9e9f8a

#81836b

#616251

#414136

#20211b

Tints

Color #b9baab mixed toward white.

#c5c5b9

#d0d1c7

#dcdcd5

#e8e8e3

#f3f3f1

Tones

Color #b9baab mixed toward gray.

#b8b9ac

#b7b7ae

#b6b6af

#b5b5b0

#b4b4b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9af · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#b9b9b0 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#b9b2b2 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 7.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9baab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9baab]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b9baab (#b9baab) is rgb(185, 186, 171) in RGB.

No, #b9baab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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