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#BABAA3

#babaa3 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#babaa3 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 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.37% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 14.29% saturation and 68.43% 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 10.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 6.88.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.482

Complementary

  1. #babaa3
  2. #a3a3ba

Split complementary

  1. #babaa3
  2. #a3aeba
  3. #aea3ba

Analogous

  1. #baaea3
  2. #babaa3
  3. #aebaa3

Triadic

  1. #babaa3
  2. #a3baba
  3. #baa3ba

Tetradic

  1. #babaa3
  2. #a3baa3
  3. #a3a3ba
  4. #baa3ba

Square

  1. #babaa3
  2. #a3baae
  3. #a3a3ba
  4. #baa3ae

Monochromatic

  1. #707054
  2. #999977
  3. #babaa3
  4. #dbdbcf
  5. #f6f6f3

Shades

#babaa3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #babaa3
  2. #a7a793
  3. #959582
  4. #828272
  5. #707062
  6. #5d5d52
  7. #4a4a41
  8. #383831
  9. #252521
  10. #131310
  11. #000000

Tints

#babaa3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #babaa3
  2. #c1c1ac
  3. #c8c8b5
  4. #cfcfbf
  5. #d6d6c8
  6. #ddddd1
  7. #e3e3da
  8. #eaeae3
  9. #f1f1ed
  10. #f8f8f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#babaa3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #babaa3
  2. #b4b4a0
  3. #aeae9c
  4. #a9a999
  5. #a3a395
  6. #9d9d92
  7. #97978e
  8. #91918b
  9. #8c8c87
  10. #868684
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b9b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #beb8a2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfb9a4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #beb7b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdb9a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdb9a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bcb8ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-babaa3 {
  color: #babaa3;
}
Background
.bg-babaa3 {
  background-color: #babaa3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-babaa3 {
  border: 2px solid #babaa3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #babaa3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 186 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 14% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-babaa3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #babaa3, #aebaa3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-babaa3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 186 163 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.88 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.10 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.48 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 10.09 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.33 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 10.76 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.02 #45455c Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Sage
#babaa3  rgb(186, 186, 163)  hsl(60, 14%, 68%)  Sage
#a3a3ba  rgb(163, 163, 186)  hsl(240, 14%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a3baba  rgb(163, 186, 186)  hsl(180, 14%, 68%)  Opal
#baa3ba  rgb(186, 163, 186)  hsl(300, 14%, 68%)  Pastel Purple