What color is #B5B68F?

#B5B68F is a light, grayish yellow known as Green Tea. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Green Tea?

The RGB value is 181, 182, 143: 181 red, 182 green and 143 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Green Tea?

The complementary color is #908FB6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B5B68F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.05:1 and white text 2.09:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Green Tea color: hex code #B5B68F

#B5B68F rgb(181, 182, 143)

Shades of yellow

Green Tea has the hex code #B5B68F. It is a light, grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 71% red, 71.4% green and 56.1% blue (181, 182, 143).

Its hue angle is 62°, with 21% saturation and 64% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 29% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.05:1).

Green Tea (#B5B68F) color codes

HEX	`#B5B68F`
RGB	`rgb(181, 182, 143)`
RGB percent	`rgb(71%, 71.4%, 56.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(62, 21%, 64%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(62, 21%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(1%, 0%, 21%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(73.06, -6.9, 19.8)`
CIE LCH	`lch(73.06, 20.97, 109.22)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(40.742, 45.263, 32.572)`
Decimal	`11908751`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Green Tea, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #B5B68F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.05:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.09:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B5B68F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.09:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.05:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #B5B68F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b5b68f; }
.text { color: #b5b68f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5b68f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(181 182 143 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b5b68f, #a2b68f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #B5B68F on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #B5B68F?: #B5B68F is a light, grayish yellow known as Green Tea. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Green Tea?: The RGB value is 181, 182, 143: 181 red, 182 green and 143 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Green Tea?: The complementary color is #908FB6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B5B68F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.05:1 and white text 2.09:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.