#bbae4e

Color #bbae4e

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 11.13 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 14.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbae4e

RGB

rgb(187, 174, 78)

HSL

hsl(52.8, 44.5%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(52.8, 58.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.3%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(70.45, -7.51, 49.95)

LCH

lch(70.45, 50.51, 98.55)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.118, 101.68)

HWB

hwb(52.8, 30.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e5bbb

Analogous

#bb784e

#bbae4e

#92bb4e

Triadic

#bbae4e

#4ebbae

#ae4ebb

Split-complementary

#bbae4e

#4e92bb

#784ebb

Tetradic

#bbae4e

#5bbb4e

#4e5bbb

#ae4ebb

Square

#bbae4e

#4ebb78

#4e5bbb

#bb4e92

Shades

Color #bbae4e mixed toward black.

#a0943d

#807631

#605925

#403b19

#201e0c

Tints

Color #bbae4e mixed toward white.

#c6bb6c

#d2c989

#ddd6a7

#e8e4c4

#f4f1e2

Tones

Color #bbae4e mixed toward gray.

#b2a757

#a9a060

#a09969

#979272

#8e8b7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b56f · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#b6b776 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#ba8387 · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbae4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbae4e]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Gold #ffd700

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Frequently asked questions

#bbae4e (#bbae4e) is rgb(187, 174, 78) in RGB.

No, #bbae4e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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