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#BABC96

#babc96 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#babc96 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 73.73% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.06% cyan, 0% magenta, 20.21% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 63.16°, with 22.09% saturation and 66.27% 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 10.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 3.17.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.4861

Complementary

  1. #babc96
  2. #9896bc

Split complementary

  1. #babc96
  2. #96a7bc
  3. #ab96bc

Analogous

  1. #bcab96
  2. #babc96
  3. #a7bc96

Triadic

  1. #babc96
  2. #96babc
  3. #bc96ba

Tetradic

  1. #babc96
  2. #96bc98
  3. #9896bc
  4. #bc96ba

Square

  1. #babc96
  2. #96bcab
  3. #9896bc
  4. #bc96a7

Monochromatic

  1. #6f7148
  2. #9b9e67
  3. #babc96
  4. #d9dac5
  5. #f7f7f3

Shades

#babc96 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #babc96
  2. #a7a987
  3. #959678
  4. #828469
  5. #70715a
  6. #5d5e4b
  7. #4a4b3c
  8. #38382d
  9. #25261e
  10. #13130f
  11. #000000

Tints

#babc96 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #babc96
  2. #c1c3a1
  3. #c8c9ab
  4. #cfd0b6
  5. #d6d7c0
  6. #dddecb
  7. #e3e4d5
  8. #eaebe0
  9. #f1f2ea
  10. #f8f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#babc96 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #babc96
  2. #b4b694
  3. #aeb092
  4. #a9aa8f
  5. #a3a48d
  6. #9d9e8b
  7. #979889
  8. #919287
  9. #8c8c84
  10. #868682
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9baac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2b894 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3ba97 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bfb7b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfba95 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfbb97 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdb9a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-babc96 {
  color: #babc96;
}
Background
.bg-babc96 {
  background-color: #babc96;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-babc96 {
  border: 2px solid #babc96;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #babc96;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 188 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 22% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-babc96 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #babc96, #a7bc96);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-babc96 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 188 150 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 3.17 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.34 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.01 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 10.15 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.61 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 11.53 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 12.15 #454369 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Sage
#babc96  rgb(186, 188, 150)  hsl(63, 22%, 66%)  Sage
#9896bc  rgb(152, 150, 188)  hsl(243, 22%, 66%)  Cool Gray
#96babc  rgb(150, 186, 188)  hsl(183, 22%, 66%)  Opal
#bc96ba  rgb(188, 150, 186)  hsl(303, 22%, 66%)  Lilac