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#B8B8A0

#b8b8a0 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b8b8a0 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 72.16% green and 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.04% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 14.46% saturation and 67.45% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 6.5.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.4701

Complementary

  1. #b8b8a0
  2. #a0a0b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8b8a0
  2. #a0acb8
  3. #aca0b8

Analogous

  1. #b8aca0
  2. #b8b8a0
  3. #acb8a0

Triadic

  1. #b8b8a0
  2. #a0b8b8
  3. #b8a0b8

Tetradic

  1. #b8b8a0
  2. #a0b8a0
  3. #a0a0b8
  4. #b8a0b8

Square

  1. #b8b8a0
  2. #a0b8ac
  3. #a0a0b8
  4. #b8a0ac

Monochromatic

  1. #6d6d52
  2. #979774
  3. #b8b8a0
  4. #d9d9cc
  5. #f6f6f3

Shades

#b8b8a0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8b8a0
  2. #a6a690
  3. #939380
  4. #818170
  5. #6e6e60
  6. #5c5c50
  7. #4a4a40
  8. #373730
  9. #252520
  10. #121210
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8b8a0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8b8a0
  2. #bfbfaa
  3. #c6c6b3
  4. #cdcdbd
  5. #d4d4c6
  6. #dcdcd0
  7. #e3e3d9
  8. #eaeae3
  9. #f1f1ec
  10. #f8f8f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8b8a0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8b8a0
  2. #b2b29d
  3. #adad9a
  4. #a7a796
  5. #a2a293
  6. #9c9c90
  7. #96968d
  8. #91918a
  9. #8b8b86
  10. #868683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b7ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcb69f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdb7a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bcb5b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbb79f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbb7a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bab6ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8b8a0 {
  color: #b8b8a0;
}
Background
.bg-b8b8a0 {
  background-color: #b8b8a0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8b8a0 {
  border: 2px solid #b8b8a0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8b8a0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 184 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 14% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8b8a0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8b8a0, #acb8a0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8b8a0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 184 160 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.50 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.43 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.15 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 10.68 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.79 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.14 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 11.14 #47475f Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Sage
#b8b8a0  rgb(184, 184, 160)  hsl(60, 14%, 67%)  Sage
#a0a0b8  rgb(160, 160, 184)  hsl(240, 14%, 67%)  Cool Gray
#a0b8b8  rgb(160, 184, 184)  hsl(180, 14%, 67%)  Opal
#b8a0b8  rgb(184, 160, 184)  hsl(300, 14%, 67%)  Pastel Purple