#bbbca9

Color #bbbca9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 10.4 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbca9

RGB

rgb(187, 188, 169)

HSL

hsl(63.2, 12.4%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.2, 10.1%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(75.7, -3.72, 9.5)

LCH

lch(75.7, 10.2, 111.38)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.0262, 109.4)

HWB

hwb(63.2, 66.3%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaa9bc

Analogous

#bcb4a9

#bbbca9

#b1bca9

Triadic

#bbbca9

#a9bbbc

#bca9bb

Split-complementary

#bbbca9

#a9b1bc

#b4a9bc

Tetradic

#bbbca9

#a9bcaa

#aaa9bc

#bca9bb

Square

#bbbca9

#a9bcb4

#aaa9bc

#bca9b1

Shades

Color #bbbca9 mixed toward black.

#a1a288

#848668

#63644e

#424334

#21211a

Tints

Color #bbbca9 mixed toward white.

#c6c7b7

#d2d2c6

#ddddd4

#e8e9e2

#f4f4f1

Tones

Color #bbbca9 mixed toward gray.

#babaab

#b8b9ac

#b7b7ae

#b5b6af

#b4b4b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbae · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#bbbbaf · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#bbb2b2 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 8.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbca9]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbca9 (#bbbca9) is rgb(187, 188, 169) in RGB.

No, #bbbca9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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