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#BFBA89

#bfba89 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bfba89 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 72.94% green and 53.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.62% magenta, 28.27% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 54.44°, with 29.67% saturation and 64.31% 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 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 0.96.

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Relative luminance0.48

Complementary

  1. #bfba89
  2. #898ebf

Split complementary

  1. #bfba89
  2. #89a9bf
  3. #9f89bf

Analogous

  1. #bf9f89
  2. #bfba89
  3. #a9bf89

Triadic

  1. #bfba89
  2. #89bfba
  3. #ba89bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfba89
  2. #8ebf89
  3. #898ebf
  4. #ba89bf

Square

  1. #bfba89
  2. #89bf9f
  3. #898ebf
  4. #bf89a9

Monochromatic

  1. #716d3e
  2. #a39c58
  3. #bfba89
  4. #dad7bb
  5. #f5f4ec

Shades

#bfba89 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfba89
  2. #aca77b
  3. #99956e
  4. #868260
  5. #737052
  6. #605d45
  7. #4c4a37
  8. #393829
  9. #26251b
  10. #13130e
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfba89 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfba89
  2. #c5c195
  3. #ccc8a1
  4. #d2cfac
  5. #d9d6b8
  6. #dfddc4
  7. #e5e3d0
  8. #eceadc
  9. #f2f1e7
  10. #f9f8f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfba89 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfba89
  2. #b9b488
  3. #b2ae87
  4. #aca986
  5. #a6a385
  6. #a09d85
  7. #999784
  8. #939183
  9. #8d8c82
  10. #868681
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb9a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3b686 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b98b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7b3ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1b887 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2ba8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4b6a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfba89 {
  color: #bfba89;
}
Background
.bg-bfba89 {
  background-color: #bfba89;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfba89 {
  border: 2px solid #bfba89;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfba89;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 186 137;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 30% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfba89 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfba89, #a9bf89);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfba89 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 186 137 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 0.96 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 4.18 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.72 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.99 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.05 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 10.38 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 11.14 #404576 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Sage
#bfba89  rgb(191, 186, 137)  hsl(54, 30%, 64%)  Sage
#898ebf  rgb(137, 142, 191)  hsl(234, 30%, 64%)  Cool Gray
#89bfba  rgb(137, 191, 186)  hsl(174, 30%, 64%)  Opal
#ba89bf  rgb(186, 137, 191)  hsl(294, 30%, 64%)  Wisteria