#bdbdaa

Color #bdbdaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 10.3 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bdbdaa

RGB

rgb(189, 189, 170)

HSL

hsl(60, 12.6%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 10.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(76.14, -3.35, 9.61)

LCH

lch(76.14, 10.18, 109.22)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0261, 106.91)

HWB

hwb(60, 66.7%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaaabd

Analogous

#bdb4aa

#bdbdaa

#b4bdaa

Triadic

#bdbdaa

#aabdbd

#bdaabd

Split-complementary

#bdbdaa

#aab4bd

#b4aabd

Tetradic

#bdbdaa

#aabdaa

#aaaabd

#bdaabd

Square

#bdbdaa

#aabdb4

#aaaabd

#bdaab4

Shades

Color #bdbdaa mixed toward black.

#a3a388

#878769

#65654e

#434334

#22221a

Tints

Color #bdbdaa mixed toward white.

#c8c8b8

#d3d3c6

#deded5

#e9e9e3

#f4f4f1

Tones

Color #bdbdaa mixed toward gray.

#bbbbac

#babaad

#b8b8af

#b7b7b0

#b5b5b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdaf · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#bdbdb0 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#bdb3b3 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdbdaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdbdaa]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bdbdaa (#bdbdaa) is rgb(189, 189, 170) in RGB.

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

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