What color is #B5B198?

#B5B198 is a light, grayish yellow, closest to the named color Ash. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #B5B198?

The RGB value is 181, 177, 152: 181 red, 177 green and 152 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #B5B198?

The complementary color is #989CB5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B5B198?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.71:1 and white text 2.16:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#B5B198 color

#B5B198 rgb(181, 177, 152)

Shades of yellow

The hex color #B5B198 is a light, grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 71% red, 69.4% green and 59.6% blue (181, 177, 152).

Its hue angle is 52°, with 16% saturation and 65% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 16% yellow and 29% black.

The closest named color is Ash (#BEBAA7), a difference of 3.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.71:1).

#B5B198 color codes

HEX	`#B5B198`
RGB	`rgb(181, 177, 152)`
RGB percent	`rgb(71%, 69.4%, 59.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(52, 16%, 65%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(52, 16%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 2%, 16%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(71.92, -2.87, 13.32)`
CIE LCH	`lch(71.92, 13.63, 102.17)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(40.445, 43.536, 35.972)`
Decimal	`11907480`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #B5B198, 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 #B5B198	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.71:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.16:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B5B198 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.16:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.71:1	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 #B5B198 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b5b198; }
.text { color: #b5b198; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5b198; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(181 177 152 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b5b198, #abb598); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage.

Questions

What color is #B5B198?: #B5B198 is a light, grayish yellow, closest to the named color Ash. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #B5B198?: The RGB value is 181, 177, 152: 181 red, 177 green and 152 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #B5B198?: The complementary color is #989CB5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B5B198?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.71:1 and white text 2.16:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.