#bbbca8

Color #bbbca8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 10.93 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbca8

RGB

rgb(187, 188, 168)

HSL

hsl(63, 13%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63, 10.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(75.67, -3.88, 10.01)

LCH

lch(75.67, 10.74, 111.19)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.0275, 109.29)

HWB

hwb(63, 65.9%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a8bc

Analogous

#bcb3a8

#bbbca8

#b1bca8

Triadic

#bbbca8

#a8bbbc

#bca8bb

Split-complementary

#bbbca8

#a8b1bc

#b3a8bc

Tetradic

#bbbca8

#a8bca9

#a9a8bc

#bca8bb

Square

#bbbca8

#a8bcb3

#a9a8bc

#bca8b1

Shades

Color #bbbca8 mixed toward black.

#a1a286

#858667

#63654d

#424334

#21221a

Tints

Color #bbbca8 mixed toward white.

#c6c7b6

#d2d2c5

#ddded3

#e8e9e2

#f4f4f0

Tones

Color #bbbca8 mixed toward gray.

#b9baaa

#b8b9ab

#b6b7ad

#b5b5af

#b3b4b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbad · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#bbbbae · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#bbb1b2 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbca8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbca8]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbca8 (#bbbca8) is rgb(187, 188, 168) in RGB.

No, #bbbca8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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