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#BABB83

#babb83 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#babb83 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 73.33% green and 51.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 29.95% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 61.07°, with 29.17% 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 10.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 2.86.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.4762

Complementary

  1. #babb83
  2. #8483bb

Split complementary

  1. #babb83
  2. #839ebb
  3. #a083bb

Analogous

  1. #bba083
  2. #babb83
  3. #9ebb83

Triadic

  1. #babb83
  2. #83babb
  3. #bb83ba

Tetradic

  1. #babb83
  2. #83bb84
  3. #8483bb
  4. #bb83ba

Square

  1. #babb83
  2. #83bba0
  3. #8483bb
  4. #bb839e

Monochromatic

  1. #6a6b3a
  2. #9b9c56
  3. #babb83
  4. #d5d6b4
  5. #f1f1e6

Shades

#babb83 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #babb83
  2. #a7a876
  3. #959669
  4. #82835c
  5. #70704f
  6. #5d5e42
  7. #4a4b34
  8. #383827
  9. #25251a
  10. #13130d
  11. #000000

Tints

#babb83 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #babb83
  2. #c1c28f
  3. #c8c99c
  4. #cfcfa8
  5. #d6d6b5
  6. #ddddc1
  7. #e3e4cd
  8. #eaebda
  9. #f1f1e6
  10. #f8f8f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#babb83 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #babb83
  2. #b4b583
  3. #aeaf82
  4. #a9a982
  5. #a3a382
  6. #9d9e82
  7. #979881
  8. #919281
  9. #8c8c81
  10. #868680
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b9a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4b67f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b985 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2b4ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0b881 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1ba84 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfb79e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-babb83 {
  color: #babb83;
}
Background
.bg-babb83 {
  background-color: #babb83;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-babb83 {
  border: 2px solid #babb83;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #babb83;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 187 131;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 29% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-babb83 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #babb83, #9ebb83);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-babb83 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 187 131 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 2.86 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.77 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.10 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.84 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 10.84 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 11.04 #45447c Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Sage
#babb83  rgb(186, 187, 131)  hsl(61, 29%, 62%)  Sage
#8483bb  rgb(132, 131, 187)  hsl(241, 29%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#83babb  rgb(131, 186, 187)  hsl(181, 29%, 62%)  Opal
#bb83ba  rgb(187, 131, 186)  hsl(301, 29%, 62%)  Sky Magenta