#bdbdb6

Color #bdbdb6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 3.96 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bdbdb6

RGB

rgb(189, 189, 182)

HSL

hsl(60, 5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 3.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(76.43, -1.27, 3.53)

LCH

lch(76.43, 3.75, 109.79)

OKLCH

oklch(79.6%, 0.0097, 106.76)

HWB

hwb(60, 71.4%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b6bd

Analogous

#bdb9b6

#bdbdb6

#b9bdb6

Triadic

#bdbdb6

#b6bdbd

#bdb6bd

Split-complementary

#bdbdb6

#b6b9bd

#b9b6bd

Tetradic

#bdbdb6

#b6bdb6

#b6b6bd

#bdb6bd

Square

#bdbdb6

#b6bdb9

#b6b6bd

#bdb6b9

Shades

Color #bdbdb6 mixed toward black.

#a0a095

#828275

#616158

#41413b

#20201d

Tints

Color #bdbdb6 mixed toward white.

#c8c8c2

#d3d3ce

#dededa

#e9e9e7

#f4f4f3

Tones

Color #bdbdb6 mixed toward gray.

#bcbcb6

#bcbcb7

#bbbbb8

#babab9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdb8 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#bdbdb8 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#bdb9b9 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 3.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdbdb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdbdb6]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bdbdb6 (#bdbdb6) is rgb(189, 189, 182) in RGB.

No, #bdbdb6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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