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#BAA87E

#baa87e ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#baa87e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 65.88% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.68% magenta, 32.26% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 42°, with 30.3% saturation and 61.18% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 3.47.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3995

Complementary

  1. #baa87e
  2. #7e90ba

Split complementary

  1. #baa87e
  2. #7eaeba
  3. #8a7eba

Analogous

  1. #ba8a7e
  2. #baa87e
  3. #aeba7e

Triadic

  1. #baa87e
  2. #7ebaa8
  3. #a87eba

Tetradic

  1. #baa87e
  2. #90ba7e
  3. #7e90ba
  4. #a87eba

Square

  1. #baa87e
  2. #7eba8a
  3. #7e90ba
  4. #ba7eae

Monochromatic

  1. #685937
  2. #998452
  3. #baa87e
  4. #d5cab0
  5. #efebe2

Shades

#baa87e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baa87e
  2. #a79771
  3. #958665
  4. #827658
  5. #70654c
  6. #5d543f
  7. #4a4332
  8. #383226
  9. #252219
  10. #13110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#baa87e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baa87e
  2. #c1b18b
  3. #c8b998
  4. #cfc2a5
  5. #d6cbb2
  6. #ddd4bf
  7. #e3dccb
  8. #eae5d8
  9. #f1eee5
  10. #f8f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baa87e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baa87e
  2. #b4a47e
  3. #aea07e
  4. #a99c7f
  5. #a3987f
  6. #9d947f
  7. #97907f
  8. #918c7f
  9. #8c8880
  10. #868480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a99a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2a77b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6ac7f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4a19d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5a77c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8aa7f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0a492 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baa87e {
  color: #baa87e;
}
Background
.bg-baa87e {
  background-color: #baa87e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baa87e {
  border: 2px solid #baa87e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baa87e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 168 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 30% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baa87e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baa87e, #aeba7e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baa87e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 168 126 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 3.47 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 6.21 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.65 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.61 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 8.38 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.12 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.00 #455781 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Ecru
#baa87e  rgb(186, 168, 126)  hsl(42, 30%, 61%)  Ecru
#7e90ba  rgb(126, 144, 186)  hsl(222, 30%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#7ebaa8  rgb(126, 186, 168)  hsl(162, 30%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a87eba  rgb(168, 126, 186)  hsl(282, 30%, 61%)  Purple Mountain Majesty