What color is #B0AA90?

#B0AA90 is a light, grayish yellow, closest to the named color Humble Hippo. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #B0AA90?

The RGB value is 176, 170, 144: 176 red, 170 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #B0AA90?

The complementary color is #9096B0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B0AA90?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9:1 and white text 2.33:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#B0AA90 color

#B0AA90 rgb(176, 170, 144)

Shades of brown

The hex color #B0AA90 is a light, grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 69% red, 66.7% green and 56.5% blue (176, 170, 144).

Its hue angle is 49°, with 17% saturation and 63% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 18% yellow and 31% black.

The closest named color is Humble Hippo (#AAAA99), a difference of 3.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9:1).

#B0AA90 color codes

HEX	`#B0AA90`
RGB	`rgb(176, 170, 144)`
RGB percent	`rgb(69%, 66.7%, 56.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(49, 17%, 63%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(49, 18%, 69%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 3%, 18%, 31%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(69.47, -2.27, 14.2)`
CIE LCH	`lch(69.47, 14.38, 99.1)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(37.313, 39.994, 32.134)`
Decimal	`11578000`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #B0AA90, 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 #B0AA90	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B0AA90 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9:1	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 #B0AA90 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b0aa90; }
.text { color: #b0aa90; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b0aa90; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(176 170 144 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b0aa90, #a6b090); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Khaki.

Questions

What color is #B0AA90?: #B0AA90 is a light, grayish yellow, closest to the named color Humble Hippo. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #B0AA90?: The RGB value is 176, 170, 144: 176 red, 170 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #B0AA90?: The complementary color is #9096B0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B0AA90?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9:1 and white text 2.33:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.