#bdbeb3

Color #bdbeb3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.01 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bdbeb3

RGB

rgb(189, 190, 179)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 7.8%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 5.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(76.62, -2.34, 5.43)

LCH

lch(76.62, 5.91, 113.31)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.0152, 111.17)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 70.2%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b3be

Analogous

#bebab3

#bdbeb3

#b8beb3

Triadic

#bdbeb3

#b3bdbe

#beb3bd

Split-complementary

#bdbeb3

#b3b8be

#bab3be

Tetradic

#bdbeb3

#b3beb4

#b4b3be

#beb3bd

Square

#bdbeb3

#b3beba

#b4b3be

#beb3b8

Shades

Color #bdbeb3 mixed toward black.

#a0a292

#838571

#626455

#414239

#21211c

Tints

Color #bdbeb3 mixed toward white.

#c8c9c0

#d3d4cc

#dedfd9

#e9e9e6

#f4f4f2

Tones

Color #bdbeb3 mixed toward gray.

#bcbdb4

#bcbcb5

#bbbbb6

#babab7

#b9bab8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdb6 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#bdbdb6 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#bdb8b8 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 5.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdbeb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdbeb3]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bdbeb3 (#bdbeb3) is rgb(189, 190, 179) in RGB.

No, #bdbeb3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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