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#BABA9F

#baba9f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#baba9f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 72.94% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.52% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 16.36% saturation and 67.65% 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 10.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 5.6.

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Relative luminance0.4806

Complementary

  1. #baba9f
  2. #9f9fba

Split complementary

  1. #baba9f
  2. #9fadba
  3. #ad9fba

Analogous

  1. #baad9f
  2. #baba9f
  3. #adba9f

Triadic

  1. #baba9f
  2. #9fbaba
  3. #ba9fba

Tetradic

  1. #baba9f
  2. #9fba9f
  3. #9f9fba
  4. #ba9fba

Square

  1. #baba9f
  2. #9fbaad
  3. #9f9fba
  4. #ba9fad

Monochromatic

  1. #707050
  2. #9a9a73
  3. #baba9f
  4. #dadacc
  5. #f6f6f3

Shades

#baba9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baba9f
  2. #a7a78f
  3. #95957f
  4. #82826f
  5. #70705f
  6. #5d5d50
  7. #4a4a40
  8. #383830
  9. #252520
  10. #131310
  11. #000000

Tints

#baba9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baba9f
  2. #c1c1a9
  3. #c8c8b2
  4. #cfcfbc
  5. #d6d6c5
  6. #ddddcf
  7. #e3e3d9
  8. #eaeae2
  9. #f1f1ec
  10. #f8f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baba9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baba9f
  2. #b4b49c
  3. #aeae99
  4. #a9a996
  5. #a3a393
  6. #9d9d90
  7. #97978c
  8. #919189
  9. #8c8c86
  10. #868683
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b9af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfb89d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfb9a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #beb6b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdb99e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdb9a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdb8ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baba9f {
  color: #baba9f;
}
Background
.bg-baba9f {
  background-color: #baba9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baba9f {
  border: 2px solid #baba9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baba9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 186 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 16% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baba9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baba9f, #adba9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baba9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 186 159 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.60 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.11 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.55 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 10.67 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 11.00 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 11.61 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.77 #454560 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Sage
#baba9f  rgb(186, 186, 159)  hsl(60, 16%, 68%)  Sage
#9f9fba  rgb(159, 159, 186)  hsl(240, 16%, 68%)  Cool Gray
#9fbaba  rgb(159, 186, 186)  hsl(180, 16%, 68%)  Opal
#ba9fba  rgb(186, 159, 186)  hsl(300, 16%, 68%)  Pastel Purple