What color is #B3B090?

#B3B090 is a light, grayish yellow, closest to the named color Green Tea. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #B3B090?

The RGB value is 179, 176, 144: 179 red, 176 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #B3B090?

The complementary color is #9093B3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B3B090?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.53:1 and white text 2.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#B3B090 color

#B3B090 rgb(179, 176, 144)

Shades of yellow

The hex color #B3B090 is a light, grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 70.2% red, 69% green and 56.5% blue (179, 176, 144).

Its hue angle is 55°, with 19% saturation and 63% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 20% yellow and 30% black.

The closest named color is Green Tea (#B5B68F), a difference of 3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.53:1).

#B3B090 color codes

HEX	`#B3B090`
RGB	`rgb(179, 176, 144)`
RGB percent	`rgb(70.2%, 69%, 56.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(55, 19%, 63%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(55, 20%, 70%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 2%, 20%, 30%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(71.32, -4.34, 16.82)`
CIE LCH	`lch(71.32, 17.37, 104.48)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(39.15, 42.649, 32.55)`
Decimal	`11776144`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #B3B090, 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 #B3B090	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.53:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.2:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B3B090 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.2:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.53:1	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 #B3B090 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b3b090; }
.text { color: #b3b090; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b3b090; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(179 176 144 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b3b090, #a4b390); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #B3B090?: #B3B090 is a light, grayish yellow, closest to the named color Green Tea. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #B3B090?: The RGB value is 179, 176, 144: 179 red, 176 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #B3B090?: The complementary color is #9093B3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B3B090?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.53:1 and white text 2.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.