#babaae

Color #babaae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.92 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#babaae

RGB

rgb(186, 186, 174)

HSL

hsl(60, 8%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 6.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(75.21, -2.16, 6.08)

LCH

lch(75.21, 6.45, 109.56)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0166, 106.8)

HWB

hwb(60, 68.2%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeaeba

Analogous

#bab4ae

#babaae

#b4baae

Triadic

#babaae

#aebaba

#baaeba

Split-complementary

#babaae

#aeb4ba

#b4aeba

Tetradic

#babaae

#aebaae

#aeaeba

#baaeba

Square

#babaae

#aebab4

#aeaeba

#baaeb4

Shades

Color #babaae mixed toward black.

#9e9e8e

#82826e

#616153

#414137

#20201c

Tints

Color #babaae mixed toward white.

#c6c6bc

#d1d1c9

#ddddd7

#e8e8e4

#f4f4f2

Tones

Color #babaae mixed toward gray.

#b9b9af

#b8b8b0

#b7b7b1

#b6b6b2

#b5b5b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babab1 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#babab2 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#bab3b4 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #babaae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#babaae]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#babaae (#babaae) is rgb(186, 186, 174) in RGB.

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

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