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#BABE51

#babe51 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#babe51 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 74.51% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.11% cyan, 0% magenta, 57.37% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 62.2°, with 45.61% saturation and 53.14% 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 10.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.42.

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Relative luminance0.4786

Complementary

  1. #babe51
  2. #5551be

Split complementary

  1. #babe51
  2. #5184be
  3. #8c51be

Analogous

  1. #be8c51
  2. #babe51
  3. #84be51

Triadic

  1. #babe51
  2. #51babe
  3. #be51ba

Tetradic

  1. #babe51
  2. #51be55
  3. #5551be
  4. #be51ba

Square

  1. #babe51
  2. #51be8c
  3. #5551be
  4. #be5184

Monochromatic

  1. #545620
  2. #8a8e35
  3. #babe51
  4. #d0d389
  5. #e6e8c0

Shades

#babe51 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #babe51
  2. #a7ab49
  3. #959841
  4. #828539
  5. #707231
  6. #5d5f29
  7. #4a4c20
  8. #383918
  9. #252610
  10. #131308
  11. #000000

Tints

#babe51 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #babe51
  2. #c1c562
  3. #c8cb74
  4. #cfd285
  5. #d6d897
  6. #dddfa8
  7. #e3e5b9
  8. #eaeccb
  9. #f1f2dc
  10. #f8f9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#babe51 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #babe51
  2. #b4b856
  3. #aeb25a
  4. #a9ab5f
  5. #a3a564
  6. #9d9f69
  7. #97996d
  8. #919372
  9. #8c8c77
  10. #86867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9ba99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb645 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb957 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6b3a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5b94a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5bb55 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1b88c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-babe51 {
  color: #babe51;
}
Background
.bg-babe51 {
  background-color: #babe51;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-babe51 {
  border: 2px solid #babe51;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #babe51;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 190 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 46% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-babe51 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #babe51, #84be51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-babe51 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 190 81 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.42 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.61 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.74 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.94 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.32 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.49 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.06 #4541ae Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#babe51  rgb(186, 190, 81)  hsl(62, 46%, 53%)  Dark Khaki
#5551be  rgb(85, 81, 190)  hsl(242, 46%, 53%)  Iris
#51babe  rgb(81, 186, 190)  hsl(182, 46%, 53%)  Verdigris
#be51ba  rgb(190, 81, 186)  hsl(302, 46%, 53%)  Medium Orchid