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#BAB979

#bab979 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bab979 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 72.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.54% magenta, 34.95% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 59.08°, with 32.02% saturation and 60.2% 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 10.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 2.87.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4652

Complementary

  1. #bab979
  2. #797aba

Split complementary

  1. #bab979
  2. #799bba
  3. #9979ba

Analogous

  1. #ba9979
  2. #bab979
  3. #9bba79

Triadic

  1. #bab979
  2. #79bab9
  3. #b979ba

Tetradic

  1. #bab979
  2. #7aba79
  3. #797aba
  4. #b979ba

Square

  1. #bab979
  2. #79ba99
  3. #797aba
  4. #ba799b

Monochromatic

  1. #666534
  2. #98974e
  3. #bab979
  4. #d4d3ac
  5. #eeeede

Shades

#bab979 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bab979
  2. #a7a76d
  3. #959461
  4. #828255
  5. #706f49
  6. #5d5d3d
  7. #4a4a30
  8. #383824
  9. #252518
  10. #13130c
  11. #000000

Tints

#bab979 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bab979
  2. #c1c086
  3. #c8c794
  4. #cfcea1
  5. #d6d5af
  6. #dddcbc
  7. #e3e3c9
  8. #eaead7
  9. #f1f1e4
  10. #f8f8f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bab979 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bab979
  2. #b4b37a
  3. #aeae7a
  4. #a9a87b
  5. #a3a27c
  6. #9d9d7d
  7. #97977d
  8. #91917e
  9. #8c8b7f
  10. #86867f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b7a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3b474 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b77c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3b1a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0b676 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0b87b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfb498 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bab979 {
  color: #bab979;
}
Background
.bg-bab979 {
  background-color: #bab979;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bab979 {
  border: 2px solid #bab979;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bab979;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 185 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 32% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bab979 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bab979, #9bba79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bab979 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 185 121 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 2.87 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.13 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.96 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.10 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.35 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.05 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.90 #454686 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bab979  rgb(186, 185, 121)  hsl(59, 32%, 60%)  Dark Khaki
#797aba  rgb(121, 122, 186)  hsl(239, 32%, 60%)  Glaucous
#79bab9  rgb(121, 186, 185)  hsl(179, 32%, 60%)  Verdigris
#b979ba  rgb(185, 121, 186)  hsl(299, 32%, 60%)  Sky Magenta