#babaad

Color #babaad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.43 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#babaad

RGB

rgb(186, 186, 173)

HSL

hsl(60, 8.6%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 7%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(75.19, -2.33, 6.59)

LCH

lch(75.19, 6.99, 109.47)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0181, 106.73)

HWB

hwb(60, 67.8%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adadba

Analogous

#bab4ad

#babaad

#b4baad

Triadic

#babaad

#adbaba

#baadba

Split-complementary

#babaad

#adb4ba

#b4adba

Tetradic

#babaad

#adbaad

#adadba

#baadba

Square

#babaad

#adbab4

#adadba

#baadb4

Shades

Color #babaad mixed toward black.

#9f9f8d

#82826d

#616152

#414137

#20201b

Tints

Color #babaad mixed toward white.

#c6c6bb

#d1d1c8

#ddddd6

#e8e8e4

#f4f4f1

Tones

Color #babaad mixed toward gray.

#b9b9ae

#b8b8af

#b7b7b0

#b6b6b1

#b5b5b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babab0 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#babab1 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#bab3b3 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 6.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #babaad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#babaad]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#babaad (#babaad) is rgb(186, 186, 173) in RGB.

No, #babaad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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