#bbbcac

Color #bbbcac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 8.82 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbcac

RGB

rgb(187, 188, 172)

HSL

hsl(63.8, 10.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.8, 8.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(75.77, -3.21, 7.98)

LCH

lch(75.77, 8.6, 111.91)

OKLCH

oklch(79%, 0.0221, 109.83)

HWB

hwb(63.8, 67.5%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adacbc

Analogous

#bcb5ac

#bbbcac

#b3bcac

Triadic

#bbbcac

#acbbbc

#bcacbb

Split-complementary

#bbbcac

#acb3bc

#b5acbc

Tetradic

#bbbcac

#acbcad

#adacbc

#bcacbb

Square

#bbbcac

#acbcb5

#adacbc

#bcacb3

Shades

Color #bbbcac mixed toward black.

#a0a18b

#83856b

#626450

#424236

#21211b

Tints

Color #bbbcac mixed toward white.

#c6c7ba

#d2d2c8

#ddded6

#e8e9e3

#f4f4f1

Tones

Color #bbbcac mixed toward gray.

#babbad

#b9b9af

#b8b8b0

#b6b7b1

#b5b5b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbb0 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#bbbbb1 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#bbb3b4 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbcac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbcac]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbcac (#bbbcac) is rgb(187, 188, 172) in RGB.

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

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