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#BABC4E

#babc4e ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#babc4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 73.73% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.06% cyan, 0% magenta, 58.51% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 61.09°, with 45.08% saturation and 52.16% 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 10.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4696

Complementary

  1. #babc4e
  2. #504ebc

Split complementary

  1. #babc4e
  2. #4e83bc
  3. #874ebc

Analogous

  1. #bc874e
  2. #babc4e
  3. #83bc4e

Triadic

  1. #babc4e
  2. #4ebabc
  3. #bc4eba

Tetradic

  1. #babc4e
  2. #4ebc50
  3. #504ebc
  4. #bc4eba

Square

  1. #babc4e
  2. #4ebc87
  3. #504ebc
  4. #bc4e83

Monochromatic

  1. #51521f
  2. #888934
  3. #babc4e
  4. #d0d186
  5. #e5e6bd

Shades

#babc4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #babc4e
  2. #a7a946
  3. #95963e
  4. #828437
  5. #70712f
  6. #5d5e27
  7. #4a4b1f
  8. #383817
  9. #252610
  10. #131308
  11. #000000

Tints

#babc4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #babc4e
  2. #c1c360
  3. #c8c971
  4. #cfd083
  5. #d6d795
  6. #dddea7
  7. #e3e4b8
  8. #eaebca
  9. #f1f2dc
  10. #f8f8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#babc4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #babc4e
  2. #b4b653
  3. #aeb058
  4. #a9aa5d
  5. #a3a462
  6. #9d9e67
  7. #97986c
  8. #919271
  9. #8c8c76
  10. #86867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b998 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab442 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb854 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6b1a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b847 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4ba52 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1b68a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-babc4e {
  color: #babc4e;
}
Background
.bg-babc4e {
  background-color: #babc4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-babc4e {
  border: 2px solid #babc4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #babc4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 188 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 45% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-babc4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #babc4e, #83bc4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-babc4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 188 78 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.30 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.09 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.08 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.90 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.51 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.58 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.20 #4543b1 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#babc4e  rgb(186, 188, 78)  hsl(61, 45%, 52%)  Dark Khaki
#504ebc  rgb(80, 78, 188)  hsl(241, 45%, 52%)  Iris
#4ebabc  rgb(78, 186, 188)  hsl(181, 45%, 52%)  Verdigris
#bc4eba  rgb(188, 78, 186)  hsl(301, 45%, 52%)  Medium Orchid