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#BAAA84

#baaa84 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#baaa84 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 51.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.6% magenta, 29.03% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 42.22°, with 28.12% saturation and 62.35% 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 3.76.

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Relative luminance0.4085

Complementary

  1. #baaa84
  2. #8494ba

Split complementary

  1. #baaa84
  2. #84afba
  3. #8f84ba

Analogous

  1. #ba8f84
  2. #baaa84
  3. #afba84

Triadic

  1. #baaa84
  2. #84baaa
  3. #aa84ba

Tetradic

  1. #baaa84
  2. #94ba84
  3. #8494ba
  4. #aa84ba

Square

  1. #baaa84
  2. #84ba8f
  3. #8494ba
  4. #ba84af

Monochromatic

  1. #6a5c3b
  2. #9b8757
  3. #baaa84
  4. #d5ccb5
  5. #f1eee6

Shades

#baaa84 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baaa84
  2. #a79977
  3. #95886a
  4. #82775c
  5. #70664f
  6. #5d5542
  7. #4a4435
  8. #383328
  9. #25221a
  10. #13110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#baaa84 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baaa84
  2. #c1b390
  3. #c8bb9d
  4. #cfc4a9
  5. #d6ccb5
  6. #ddd5c2
  7. #e3ddce
  8. #eae6da
  9. #f1eee6
  10. #f8f7f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baaa84 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baaa84
  2. #b4a684
  3. #aea283
  4. #a99d83
  5. #a39982
  6. #9d9582
  7. #979182
  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 #b3a982 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7ad85 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3a4a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6a983 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8ac85 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfa695 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baaa84 {
  color: #baaa84;
}
Background
.bg-baaa84 {
  background-color: #baaa84;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baaa84 {
  border: 2px solid #baaa84;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baaa84;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 170 132;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 28% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baaa84 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baaa84, #afba84);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baaa84 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 170 132 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 3.76 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 6.26 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.27 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.46 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 8.68 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.59 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.83 #45557b Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Ecru
#baaa84  rgb(186, 170, 132)  hsl(42, 28%, 62%)  Ecru
#8494ba  rgb(132, 148, 186)  hsl(222, 28%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#84baaa  rgb(132, 186, 170)  hsl(162, 28%, 62%)  Opal
#aa84ba  rgb(170, 132, 186)  hsl(282, 28%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty