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#BAAA83

#baaa83 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#baaa83 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 66.67% green and 51.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.6% magenta, 29.57% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 42.55°, with 28.5% saturation and 62.16% 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 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 3.53.

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Relative luminance0.4083

Complementary

  1. #baaa83
  2. #8393ba

Split complementary

  1. #baaa83
  2. #83afba
  3. #8f83ba

Analogous

  1. #ba8f83
  2. #baaa83
  3. #afba83

Triadic

  1. #baaa83
  2. #83baaa
  3. #aa83ba

Tetradic

  1. #baaa83
  2. #93ba83
  3. #8393ba
  4. #aa83ba

Square

  1. #baaa83
  2. #83ba8f
  3. #8393ba
  4. #ba83af

Monochromatic

  1. #695c3b
  2. #9b8756
  3. #baaa83
  4. #d5ccb4
  5. #f1ede5

Shades

#baaa83 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baaa83
  2. #a79976
  3. #958869
  4. #82775c
  5. #70664f
  6. #5d5542
  7. #4a4434
  8. #383327
  9. #25221a
  10. #13110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#baaa83 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baaa83
  2. #c1b38f
  3. #c8bb9c
  4. #cfc4a8
  5. #d6ccb5
  6. #ddd5c1
  7. #e3ddcd
  8. #eae6da
  9. #f1eee6
  10. #f8f7f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baaa83 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baaa83
  2. #b4a683
  3. #aea282
  4. #a99d82
  5. #a39982
  6. #9d9582
  7. #979181
  8. #918d81
  9. #8c8881
  10. #868480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1ab9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3a980 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7ad84 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3a4a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6a981 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8ac84 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfa695 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baaa83 {
  color: #baaa83;
}
Background
.bg-baaa83 {
  background-color: #baaa83;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baaa83 {
  border: 2px solid #baaa83;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baaa83;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 170 131;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 29% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baaa83 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baaa83, #afba83);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baaa83 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 170 131 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 3.53 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.12 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 6.33 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.46 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 8.67 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.33 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.57 #45557c Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Ecru
#baaa83  rgb(186, 170, 131)  hsl(43, 29%, 62%)  Ecru
#8393ba  rgb(131, 147, 186)  hsl(223, 29%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#83baaa  rgb(131, 186, 170)  hsl(163, 29%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#aa83ba  rgb(170, 131, 186)  hsl(283, 29%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty