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#B8BF9F

#b8bf9f ≈ Sage

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b8bf9f is a color from the yellow-green family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 74.9% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.66% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.75% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 73.13°, with 20% saturation and 68.63% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 5.82.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.4996

Complementary

  1. #b8bf9f
  2. #a69fbf

Split complementary

  1. #b8bf9f
  2. #9fa8bf
  3. #b69fbf

Analogous

  1. #bfb69f
  2. #b8bf9f
  3. #a8bf9f

Triadic

  1. #b8bf9f
  2. #9fb8bf
  3. #bf9fb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8bf9f
  2. #9fbfa6
  3. #a69fbf
  4. #bf9fb8

Square

  1. #b8bf9f
  2. #9fbfb6
  3. #a69fbf
  4. #bf9fa8

Monochromatic

  1. #6e764f
  2. #96a071
  3. #b8bf9f
  4. #dadecd
  5. #f6f7f3

Shades

#b8bf9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8bf9f
  2. #a6ac8f
  3. #93997f
  4. #81866f
  5. #6e735f
  6. #5c6050
  7. #4a4c40
  8. #373930
  9. #252620
  10. #121310
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8bf9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8bf9f
  2. #bfc5a9
  3. #c6ccb2
  4. #cdd2bc
  5. #d4d9c5
  6. #dcdfcf
  7. #e3e5d9
  8. #eaece2
  9. #f1f2ec
  10. #f8f9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8bf9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8bf9f
  2. #b2b99c
  3. #adb299
  4. #a7ac96
  5. #a2a693
  6. #9ca090
  7. #96998c
  8. #919389
  9. #8b8d86
  10. #868683
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #babdb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4bb9d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3bca0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbbbb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfbd9e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfbda0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #babdad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8bf9f {
  color: #b8bf9f;
}
Background
.bg-b8bf9f {
  background-color: #b8bf9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8bf9f {
  border: 2px solid #b8bf9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8bf9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 191 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 73 20% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8bf9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8bf9f, #a8bf9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8bf9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 191 159 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.82 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.48 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.92 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 10.55 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 10.73 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.20 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.37 #474060 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Sage
#b8bf9f  rgb(184, 191, 159)  hsl(73, 20%, 69%)  Sage
#a69fbf  rgb(166, 159, 191)  hsl(253, 20%, 69%)  Pastel Purple
#9fb8bf  rgb(159, 184, 191)  hsl(193, 20%, 69%)  Pastel Blue
#bf9fb8  rgb(191, 159, 184)  hsl(313, 20%, 69%)  Pastel Purple