#bbac4e

Color #bbac4e

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 10.88 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bbac4e

RGB

rgb(187, 172, 78)

HSL

hsl(51.7, 44.5%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.7, 58.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8%, 58.3%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(69.91, -6.46, 49.34)

LCH

lch(69.91, 49.76, 97.46)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1162, 100.36)

HWB

hwb(51.7, 30.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e5dbb

Analogous

#bb764e

#bbac4e

#94bb4e

Triadic

#bbac4e

#4ebbac

#ac4ebb

Split-complementary

#bbac4e

#4e94bb

#764ebb

Tetradic

#bbac4e

#5dbb4e

#4e5dbb

#ac4ebb

Square

#bbac4e

#4ebb76

#4e5dbb

#bb4e94

Shades

Color #bbac4e mixed toward black.

#a0923d

#807531

#605825

#403a19

#201d0c

Tints

Color #bbac4e mixed toward white.

#c6ba6c

#d2c889

#ddd5a7

#e8e3c4

#f4f1e2

Tones

Color #bbac4e mixed toward gray.

#b2a557

#a99f60

#a09869

#979272

#8e8b7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b56f · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#b6b775 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#ba8285 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbac4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbac4e]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#bbac4e (#bbac4e) is rgb(187, 172, 78) in RGB.

No, #bbac4e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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